{"id":41811,"date":"2026-02-07T22:18:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T16:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=41811"},"modified":"2026-02-07T22:18:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T16:33:44","slug":"attacks-leave-30-dead-in-nigerias-benue-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/attacks-leave-30-dead-in-nigerias-benue-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Attacks leave 30 dead in Nigeria&#8217;s Benue state"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Two attacks in the space of a few days left 30 people dead in two neighbouring towns in Nigeria&#8217;s central state of Benue, long prone to inter-communal clashes, sources told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Armed bandits killed at least 13 traders on Friday afternoon in Anwase, a village in the Kwande area, local government official Ibi Andrew told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>He said the assailants stormed the market &#8220;and opened fire on the people randomly&#8221;.<br \/>\n&#8220;The attack left traders and residents traumatised, with properties destroyed and families searching for missing loved ones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, armed men had attacked the market in nearby Mbaikyor, killing 17 people, including a police officer, according to two residents and local media.<\/p>\n<p>The region has seen an upsurge of violence in recent months between Muslim ethnic Fulani herders and mainly Christian farmers over control of land and resources.<\/p>\n<p>Though generally presented as communal clashes, the unrest stems from complex dynamics with land rivalries exacerbated by climate change, a proliferation of small arms and the lack of a sustainable response from the Nigerian state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two attacks in the space of a few days left 30 people dead in two neighbouring towns in Nigeria&#8217;s central state of Benue, long prone to inter-communal clashes, sources told AFP. Armed bandits killed at least 13 traders on Friday afternoon in Anwase, a village in the Kwande area, local government official Ibi Andrew told [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41813,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41811\/revisions\/41813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}