'This is horror': Thirty-six Nigerian Christians murdered in three-day bloodbath

Dozens of Christians have been murdered in attacks on settlements in Nigeria’s Middle Belt by militant members of the Fulani herder community.

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Dozens of Christians have been murdered in attacks on settlements in Nigeria’s Middle Belt by militant members of the Fulani herder community.

According to information from Makurdi Diocese received by Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), 36 people were killed, nine injured and two abducted in raids between 24^th and 26^th May.

The first attack occurred in Tse Orbiam, Gwer West.

Ori Hope Emmanuel of Makurdi Diocese’s Foundation for Justice, Development and Peace said: “On the evening of his return from a memorial service held in honour of two Catholic priests killed in 2018, Fr Solomon Atongo of Jimba Parish, Makurdi Diocese, was shot in the left leg by armed assailants identified as Fulani-Jihadists.

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