KADUNUNG, Nigeria — Authorities declined to acknowledge that Muslim Fulani herdsmen were behind a rash of recent attacks on Christian communities in Plateau state, Nigeria, that took 38 lives and displaced 5,000 people.
More than 100 armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen attacked the Christian community of Kadunung, in the Mangu Local Government Area, on Sept. 16. About 150 houses were destroyed in the attack and the 18 found dead were buried while the injured were taken to the Plateau State Specialist Hospital in Jos, according to Titus Bise, chairman of the Mangu Local Government Council.
The 5,000 displaced residents of the village constitute a serious humanitarian problem. “The situation of the displaced is worse because the rainy season is at its peak,” Bise said. “Most of the displaced are living in the open and the rains are here. That alone can increase the casualties if nothing is done fast.”
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