A bloody attack took place in Wasein it Plateu state, Nigeria against a mining community. According to a local government official, armed men traveling on motorcycles They killed 40 people.
The region has long been scenario of conflicts between communities and miners related to land. The State is located on the demarcation line between the north Nigeria, predominantly Muslim, and the south, predominantly Christian. There, clashes between communities are frequent between nomadic shepherds and farmers.
Nigeria: what was the attack that left at least 40 dead?
As revealed by the Commissioner of Plateau State, Musa Ibrahim Ashoms, told AFP, “armed bandits on motorcycles invaded the town of Zurakshooting and setting houses on fire.” In addition, he confirmed the death of about 40 people.
Regarding the reason for the conflict, inter-communal clashes are frequent between nomadic herders and farmers in the state. Furthermore, in that area the climate change It has also increased tensions over access to land, water and mineral resources.
The residents of the town of Zurak live mainly from mining, which is why the region is renowned for its important reserves of tin, zinc and leadand Nigerian and foreign companies have invested in it.
France: Police kill man who tried to set fire to synagogue
A man was killed by French police after trying to set fire to a synagogue in Rouen, in the northwest of the country. As indicated Gerald DamaninMinister of the Interior of France, indicated that the anti-Semitic act against the sacred place “deeply affected them.”
The incident occurred when the police confirmed the “presence of an individual on the roof of the synagogue with a iron bar in one hand and a kitchen knife in the othershouting expletives at them,” said the local prosecutor, Frederic Teillet.
Furthermore, at a press conference, the representative of the public ministry declared that “smoke came out of the windows of the synagogue“. The situation worsened when the subject threw the iron bar towards the agents and “then jumped off the roof and ran towards a police officer, threatening him with the knife,” he explained.
After several warnings, the threatened agent “used his weapon five times, reaching the individual in four“. For his part, the 25-year-old police officer was not injured and “will be decorated“.
Regarding the attacked synagogue, Natacha Ben Haïmthe president of the Rouen Jewish community, reported that it “caused a lot of damage” but that the “holy” books of the Torah were not affected.
Finally, Justice opened two investigationsone for the fire against the place of worship and “voluntary violence” against public officials and another for the death of the man.
Source: Ambito
