Attackers kill over 50 in volatile central Nigerian state

JOS, Nigeria: Unidentified attackers have killed more than 50 people in Nigeria´s Plateau state, a Red Cross source said on Monday, in the latest bout of violence in a religiously mixed region known for intercommunal conflict and deadly land disputes.

The Sunday night attack on the villages of Zike and Kimakpa, in the Bassa local government area, comes less than two weeks after armed men struck multiple villages in the Bokkos area, also in the central state of Plateau, killing 48. The attack struck some 25-kms from the Plateau state capital Jos.