None spared in Nigeria gun, machete massacre: survivors
Two attacks in as many weeks in Nigeria's Plateau state have left more than 100 people dead in a region known for intercommunal conflict and land disputes between herders and farmers.
But the back-to-back massacres -- more than 50 people killed in two districts -- represent a serious escalation, with authorities scrambling to contain the attacks in a state where ethnic tensions have long simmered.
"There was no specific target. They were just shooting," said Peter John, a survivor from Sunday night's attack on the village of Kimakpa...