Abuja - Thirty-six people have been killed in northwestern
Nigeria in clashes between farmers and cattle herders, police said on
Wednesday.
The cycle of reprisals started on July 11 when a boy herder and his
father belonging to the Fulani ethnic group were killed by youths
belonging to a farming community in Kajuru in Kaduna state, local
police chief Agyole Abeh said in a statement.
The reason for the killings was not known.
The herders retaliated on Monday, killing six people. Youths from the
area then attacked Fulani settlements, killing 28 people and torching
houses. Most of the victims were women and children.
Clashes between farmers and herders competing for land are frequent
in the area.