Jos/Abuja — At least 200 people were killed yesterday when suspected pastoralists attacked three villages near Jos, where sectarian violence left hundreds dead in January, villagers and officials said.
Witnesses said armed persons stormed the Berom villages of Dogo Nahawa, Ramsat and Kamang, in Shen district of Jos South Local Government Area, at about 3.00 am, shooting in the air, thereby creating pandemonium as villagers scamper for cover. People who came out of their homes were bludgeoned or macheted to death.
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