MBAR, Nigeria — Ethnic Fulani gunmen shouting the chant “Allahu Akbar” attacked three villages in Nigeria’s Plateau state in mid-September, burning down a church building and killing at least 10 Christians.
Heavily armed Fulani Muslim extremists attacked the Bokkos area Sept. 14, shooting five members of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) in their homes in Mbar and burning down 15 houses and an Assemblies of God church building, said Pastor Manasseh Duwong of the COCIN congregation in Mbar.
“They were shouting, ‘Allahu Akbar [God is great]’ and also saying, ‘We must wipe out these infidel Christians today,’” Duwong said.
Duwong identified those killed in Mbar as, “Gideon Mutang Kidum, Ladi Mafulul and two of her children, and a deaf woman by the name of Urawal.” Another church member, identified only as Rabo, was killed in nearby Mandar, he added.
Also killed in Mbar was a driver passing through the town at the time of the attack, Duwong said. The assailants also burned his vehicle. His name was not immediately available, but Duwong and two other area pastors believe he also was a Christian.
The pastor said Muslim Fulani gunmen also killed two members of his church in Mbar on Sept. 7 and two more Christians the next night.
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