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The Yelwa massacre was a series of related incidents of religious violence between Muslims and Christians which took place in Yelwa, Nigeria between February and May 2004. These incidents killed over 700 people. [ 1 ]
Religious riots between Christians and Muslims over the introduction of sharia law in Kaduna State, start of the religious riots phase of the Sharia conflict in Nigeria. 2001 Jos riots: 2001-09-07 to 2001-09-17 Jos: 500–5000 [15] Religious riots between Christians and Muslims. Zaki Biam Massacre: 2001-10-20 to 2001-10-24 Benue State: Over 200 ...
Today, religious violence in Nigeria is dominated by the Boko Haram insurgency, which aims to establish an Islamic state in Nigeria. [50] Since the turn of the 21st century, 62,000 Nigerian Christians have been killed by the terrorist group Boko Haram, Fulani herdsmen and other groups. [48] [49] The killings have been referred to as a silent ...
The massacre occurred on 11 February 2014 in Konduga, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. [1] The village where the attack occurred was predominantly Christian. Dressed in military gear, dozens of attackers raided the village. Some of their victims were shot; others had their throats slit. By the end of February 15, 2014, 121 people had been killed.
Forty people were killed in a massacre at a Catholic church in Nigeria's Ondo State on Sunday and 61 survivors are still being treated in hospital, the state governor said on Thursday.
Massacres targeting Christians. This article is NOT for massacres in which the people killed just happened to be Christians coincidentally, all the articles in this page should be about massacres in which Christians were intentionally targeted and killed.
A Nigerian police officer filmed himself endorsing the Islamist lynching and called any one who questioned the act a "Kafir". [18] Following the lynching there was violence against other Christian sites, according to a statement released by the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto. "During the protest, groups of youths led by some adults in the ...
Other community leaders say it began with an argument over the rebuilding of a Muslim home in a predominantly Christian neighbourhood that had been destroyed in the November 2008 riots. [12] Both Muslim and Christian youth have been blamed for starting the violence. [13] A 24-hour curfew was imposed on the city on 17 January 2010. [14]