US EditionNBA Condemns Plateau Killings, Demands Action over Palm Sunday Attack in Jos
The association said at least 27 people were killed and urged security agencies to arrest the attackers and protect vulnerable communities.
- On Palm Sunday, gunmen killed at least 27 people in the Angwan Rukuba neighborhood of Jos North district, Plateau State, Nigeria.
- Unidentified shooters targeted a bar around 8 p.m., while a retaliatory mob later attacked bystanders, intensifying violence across Nigeria's Middle Belt throughout the week.
- The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria denounced the tragedy, highlighting that attackers used "fake or imitation military uniforms" that strike at public trust.
- Plateau State Governor Caleb Manasseh Muftwang condemned the "barbaric and unprovoked attack," prompting state officials to order a 48-hour curfew in Jos North through Wednesday.
- Catholic dioceses nationwide moved Easter Vigil services earlier, citing "realities of our time" and "pastoral prudence" as security concerns mount amid a 46% rise in terrorism-related fatalities.
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Christians massacred on Palm Sunday as attacks escalate in Nigeria
Gunmen killed at least a dozen people at a bar in the city of Jos in Nigeria on Palm Sunday and a retaliatory mob killed at least 10 others, as attacks on Christian communities across the country’s Middle Belt and north intensified through the week. #Nigeria #Jos #PalmSundayAttack #NigeriaMiddleBelt #BokoHaram #FulaniHerdsmen #Lakurawa #Jihad #Terror
Palm Sunday Massacre Leaves Dozens Dead In Nigeria As Violence Targets Christian Communities
by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief (Worthy News) – At least 30 people were killed in a brutal Palm Sunday attack in Ungwan Rukuba, a community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau state, Nigeria, marking yet another deadly incident during one of Christianity’s holiest seasons, according to International Christian Concern. According to eyewitnesses, heavily armed gunmen entered the community Sunday evening and open…
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