Mob retaliates after gunmen kill 12 in Nigeria bar
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“Mob retaliates after gunmen kill 12 in Nigeria bar”
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— There are over 520 native languages spoken in Nigeria. The two official languages are English (which was the language of Colonial Nigeria) and French (since 1996). The English-based creole Nigerian Pi…
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— Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of 923,769 …
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— The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) (formerly the Nigeria Professional Football League) is the highest level of club football in Nigerian football league system. The Nigerian Premier League has…
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“27 people in total were killed between the shooting and the retaliatory violence”
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Wikipedia entries about the number 27 and March 27 provide no context about violence in Nigeria or casualty counts. No evidence supports the claim.
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— 27 may rexfer to:
27 (number), the natural number following 26 and preceding 28
One of the years 27 BC, AD 27, 1927, 2027
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— 27 (twenty-seven) is the natural number following 26 and preceding 28.
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— March 27 is the 86th day of the year (87th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 279 days remain until the end of the year.
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“Plateau state, in central Nigeria’s Middle Belt region, experiences recurring violence in the countryside, mostly linked to land disputes between farmers and herders”
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Wikipedia's 'Herder–farmer conflicts in Nigeria' and 'Middle Belt' entries directly confirm recurring violence in Plateau State linked to land disputes between farmers and herders.
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— Across Nigeria, there are a series of disputes over arable land
between Fulani herders and non-Fulani farmers. The conflicts have been especially prominent in the Middle Belt (North Central) since the…
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— Middle Belt (also written Middle-Belt) is an informal term, not officially recognized by the federal government of Nigeria, that is used in human geography to designate the region stretching across Ni…
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— The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) is a regional socio-political group in Nigeria that seeks to promote the interests of the people of the Middle Belt region, a loosely defined area in the northcentral regio…
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Belt_Forum
“Jos has seen bouts of sectarian violence in the past, but deadly, mass casualty attacks in the crowded city have been rare in recent years”
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“At least 12 people were killed on Sunday when unidentified gunmen opened fire at a bar-cum-restaurant in the Anguwan Rukuba neighbourhood, in the Jos North district, said Plateau state Red Cross secretary Nurudeen Hussaini Magaji”
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“At least three people were killed when a mob formed to go after the attackers, he said, although others put the toll higher”
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“The attackers shot people at a joint. We are told that 12 people died on the spot,” said Mangalle Idris, a local youth leader”
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“Then a mob formed and “attacked people that were either passing or doing business and they killed them””
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