A{ weekend attack by suspected Fulani herdsmen on a farming village in central Nigeria’s Benue state left 82 dead, a police spokesman said Tuesday, giving an updated toll from the earlier figure of 45.}<\/p>\n
“From the latest report available to the police command, 82 people were killed in the attack on Egba village by suspected Fulani herdsmen”, Austin Ezeani told AFP.<\/p>\n
“Twenty-five people were also injured and are receiving treatment in hospital.<\/p>\n
“Initially 45 people were reported to have been killed in the violence but the death toll kept mounting as rescue search progressed,” he added.<\/p>\n
No arrests have been made following the violence on Sunday, which saw large numbers of gunmen storm the village armed with AK47 assault rifles.<\/p>\n
A local lawmaker from the area, Audu Sule, previously said that some 50 people were killed, including women and children, before the gunmen fled into the bush.<\/p>\n
Violence over grazing rights is common in Nigeria, pitting herdsmen against farmers and frequently resulting in deadly clashes and reprisal attacks.<\/p>\n
Benue state falls in Nigeria’s so-called “Middle Belt”, where the mainly Christian south meets the majority Muslim north, and has been the site of waves of sectarian violence in recent years.
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