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Nigerian police arrest seven suspects in deadly village attacks

Victims of farmer-herder clashes recovered in this ward at Jos University Teaching Hospital in Jos, June 28, 2018. [AFP]

Nigerian police said Friday that officers had arrested seven suspects in connection with the massacre of dozens of villagers in central Plateau state.

State police spokesperson Alfred Alabo said security operatives had restored calm to the affected Kubwat and Fungzai villages in the remote Mangu district. He said police would continue to monitor the area to try to prevent more attacks.

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