Publish Date: 25 December 2023 - 10:45

TEHRAN, Dec. 25 (MNA) – Sixteen people were killed in an attack in Nigeria's north-central state of Plateau, where clashes between herders and farmers are common, media outlets said on Sunday, citing the Nigerian army.

The attack occurred in the village of Mushu, AFP said in a post on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

The Nigerian army did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

Plateau is 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.

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