At least 40 Christians were killed in a Palm Sunday massacre in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, after gunmen attacked the Agwan Rukuba community, marking one of the deadliest incidents in a week of escalating violence across Nigeria.
According to Arise News, the victims were targeted in Jos North County, a historically Christian area in the country’s volatile Middle Belt. Local reports cited by TruthNigeria suggest the attackers may have been Boko Haram militants rather than the more commonly implicated Fulani militia, although this has not been confirmed by the Nigerian military. The attack echoes a similar massacre last year in Zikke village, where 54 Christians were killed on Palm Sunday.
