Dozens of Nigerians were killed in a Christian area on Palm Sunday, days after U.S. officials and advocates said the African country refuses to protect Christians.
Plateau state authorities faced public outcry after at least 28 people were killed and others injured in north Jos, a mainly Christian neighborhood, local leaders said, according to Truth Nigeria. Witnesses said armed men on motorcycles and started to shoot locals while shouting “Allahu Akbar.” The incident took place on Palm Sunday, the beginning of the Christian Holy Week and just days after the Daily Caller attended a March 25 intelligence briefing on Christian killings in Nigeria.
The Plateau incident follows a pattern of attacks against Christian Nigerians last Easter season. Videos have shown lines of dead bodies, some of them even covered by palm fronds.
While Reuters cited experts and politicians claiming climate change and agricultural development were to blame for the increase of attacks against Christians and moderate Muslims in Nigeria’s “middle belt,” U.S. officials and on-the-ground advocates disagree.
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