Farmers, Herders Clash Over Land; 33 Killed
Two days of ethnic clashes pitting Mambilla farmers against semi-nomadic Fulani cattle herders in a battle over land killed at least 33 people, Nigerian police said.
The fighting took place in a belt of fertile land in the Fali mountain range, close to the town of Mambilla, about six miles from Nigeria’s border with Cameroon.
The violence erupted Saturday, when a Mambilla militia clashed with a group of Fulani herdsmen, police spokesman Clement Roberts said.
Roberts said that 41 people were arrested and that weapons including automatic rifles and ammunition were confiscated.
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