Three Children among 13 Christians Killed in Attacks in Two States in Nigeria

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Three Children among 13 Christians Killed in Attacks in Two States in Nigeria



JOSNigeria, June 20, 2019 (Morning Star News) – Muslim Fulani herdsmen on Monday (June 17) killed four Christians in north-central Nigeria’s Kaduna state, including three children, on the same day nine other Christians were slain in neighboring Plateau state, area sources said.


Christian residents in Kaduna state’s Kauru County told Morning Star News that between 3 a.m and 4 a.m. well over 200 armed Muslim Fulani herdsmen invaded two predominantly Christian villages in the Ungwan Rimi Kamuru area, killing 8-year-old Monday Yahaya, 9-year-old Zhime Danladi and Samson David, 15.


“They were all buried today after a brief prayer at the grave site,” area resident Thomas John told Morning Star News in a text message.


A Kaduna police spokesman reportedly confirmed the killings but identified the 9-year-old as Ashimile Danladi and cited Samson David’s age as 17.


Also in Kauru County, that evening herdsmen attacked predominantly Christian Kikoba village, killing Audu Gara, kidnapping a Christian woman, Asabe Deme, and burning houses, according to area resident Matthew Nasamu, 51.


“The Fulani herdsmen attacked Kikoba, a Christian village in Kauru LGA of Kaduna state, in the evening, around 5 p.m.,” Nasamu said in a text message to Morning Star News. “All houses were burned and razed down, farms were destroyed, and all the villagers are…

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