16 people killed in attack in Nigeria
World PressSixteen people were killed in an attack in Nigeria's north-central state of Plateau, where clashes between herders and farmers are common, the AFP said on Sunday, citing the Nigerian army, Reuters reported.
The attack occurred in the village of Mushu.
Plateau is one of several ethnically and religiously diverse hinterland states known as Nigeria's Middle Belt, where inter-communal conflict has claimed hundreds of lives in recent years. In May, fights between farmers and herders in the Plateau state had killed over 100 people.