Armed men kill 9, including children, in north Nigeria 2 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseArmed men killed nine villagers, including children, and torched homes in northern Nigeria Saturday, official sources said, the latest attack in a surge of violence in the Kaduna region. “The security agencies have so far recovered nine corpses, including children. Kaduna sits between Nigeria’s majority Muslim north and the predominantly Christian south,Southern Kaduna is one of many areas blighted by years-long violence between largely Muslim Fulani herders and indigenous Christian farmers over land and water rights. The violence has recently taken on an ethnic and religious dimension, with politicians accused of inflaming the violence for political ends.

Source: Manila Bulletin March 16, 2019 22:52 UTC