Gunmen kill at least 100 people in Nigeria's Benue state, Amnesty International says

At slightest 100 radical person been killed successful an onslaught by gunmen connected a colony successful Nigeria's cardinal Benue state, Amnesty International Nigeria said Saturday (June 14, 2025).

The onslaught took spot from precocious Friday into the aboriginal hours of Saturday successful the colony of Yelewata, the radical said successful a station connected societal media level X.

"Many radical are inactive missing...dozens injured and near without capable aesculapian care. Many families were locked up and burnt wrong their bedrooms," the station added.

Benue is successful Nigeria's Middle Belt, a portion wherever the bulk Muslim North meets the mostly Christian South.

The portion faces contention implicit onshore use, with conflicts betwixt herders, who question grazing onshore for their cattle, and farmers, who request arable onshore for cultivation. These tensions are often worsened by overlapping taste and spiritual divisions.

Last month, astatine slightest 42 radical were changeable dormant by suspected herders successful a bid of play attacks crossed Gwer West territory successful Nigeria's cardinal Benue state.

Since 2019, the clashes person claimed much than 500 lives successful the portion and forced 2.2 cardinal to permission their homes, according to probe steadfast SBM Intelligence.

Published - June 15, 2025 08:25 americium IST