Nine Christians were shot dead by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s central Plateau State on Tuesday night, Nov. 7, 2017, as they returned from a weekly village market. Four more were injured during the incident in the Riyom Local Government Area (LGA), which happened at around 7:30 p.m.. Seven were killed instantly, two died later in hospital.
Some of them were part of the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN), others the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA). According to a villager, Maria Joseph, who witnessed the attack, the victims were returning from the Makera market in a Volkswagen Golf when they were ambushed and shot at the Diyan junction near Gako village. She added that the assailants were a combination of Fulani and soldiers, who later jumped into an Opel Vectra and zoomed off. CONTINUE
