نيجيريا: تجدد المصادمات بين المسلمين والنصارى تودي بحياة 12 شخصًا

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أعلنت جهات رسمية أن تجدد المصادمات وحوادث العنف بين المسلمين والنصارى في "نيجيريا" أودت بحياة 12 شخصًا بوسط "نيجيريا"، وتركت العديد من آثار التخريب والتدمير التي لحقت بالممتلكات.

وقد أكد قائد الشرطة أنه قد تم فرض حظر التجول على منطقة "باركين لادي" بولاية "بلاتو" بعد وقوع سلسلة من أحداث العنف بدأت على أيدي الشباب الصغار وانتهت بوقوع 12 قتيلاً وحرق مساجد ومدارس إسلامية وإلحاق الضرر بالكنائس أيضًا.

وقد طالبت المجموعات الحقوقية المحكمة الجنائية الدولية بالتحقيق، في استنكار لضعف حكومة "نيجيريا" ذات الغالبية النصرانية، التي وصفوها إما بعدم الرغبة في حل الأزمة أو بالعجز عن إنهائها. المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Christian-Muslim clashes in Nigeria kill at least 12

Clashes between Muslim and Christian ethnic groups in central Nigeria have killed at least 12 people and left "enormous" destruction, including houses burned, officials said on Thursday.

Captain Charles Ekeocha said the army had imposed a 24-hour curfew on the Barkin Ladi area of Plateau state after the clashes, the latest in a series of violent incidents between the two communities.

"Lives have been lost, houses have been burned," said Ekeocha, spokesman for a military task force assigned to the area, adding that "the loss is enormous."

A spokesman for Platea state governor Jonah Jang later put the death toll at 12 from the clashes that began on Wednesday night and continued into Thursday.

"You can say 12 people were killed," Ayuba Pam told reporters.

The clashes were believed to have subsided at around 1:00 am, but youths in the area later came out to block roads, raising fresh tensions. Security officers were deployed to the area.

A resident who did not want to be named said churches and an Islamic school were also burned.

The state information commissioner, Abraham Yiljap, said more than 60 people had been arrested in connection with the violence. He said the situation was now under control.

The clashes appeared to result from reprisals carried out over killings that had occurred several days ago.

Plateau state lies in the so-called middle belt region between the mainly Muslim north and predominately Christian south of Africa's most populous nation.

The area has been caught in a deadly cycle of attacks and reprisals that have regularly flared up for years.