A Nigerian woman identified as Dorcas and her family were set ablaze and brutally killed in an attack by terrorists in Mangu, a town in Plateau State, on Tuesday.
According to a tweet by @cjabbe12, a friend of Dorcas, she was burned alive along with her family.
The tweet expressed grief and anger over the senseless violence that claimed the lives of innocent people.
The Mangu massacre is the latest in a series of violent attacks that have plagued Nigeria’s Middle Belt region, where clashes between farmers and herders over land and resources have escalated in recent years.
According to Amnesty International, at least 7,222 Nigerians were killed and 3,823 abducted as a result of 2,840 violent incidents between January and July 2022.
The Middle Belt, which includes the states of Adamawa, Benue, Kaduna, Taraba, and Zamfara, is also known as Nigeria’s food basket, as it produces most of the country’s crops and livestock.
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