At least a hundred people have been killed in an armed attack on a village in Nigeria.
Amnesty International Nigeria said the attack took place last night in Benue state. Dozens of people are still missing, and hundreds are injured and without adequate medical care, the statement added.
"Many families were locked and burned in their rooms. So many bodies were burned beyond recognition," they added.
Benue State police spokesman Udeme Edet confirmed the attack took place but did not specify how many people were killed.
While it remains unclear who is responsible for the killings, such attacks are common in northern Nigeria, where local herders and farmers often clash over limited access to land and water.
Farmers accuse herders, mostly of Fulani origin, of letting their cattle graze on their farms and destroying their produce.
The herders insist that these are grazing areas, and that this was first legally approved in 1965, five years after the country gained independence.
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