Nigeria, June 11 -- At least 18 people have been killed in renewed farmer-herder violence that started on Monday in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Multiple sources told our correspondent that an attack on Fulani herders in Gyenbwas village triggered the violence. Daily Trust reported that three people were killed and 96 houses were razed in the village on Monday.

The herders blamed the attack on the Berom people in the Barkin Ladi local government area, where more than 100 people were killed in the infamous 2023 Christmas Eve massacre.

However, the Berom people denied involvement in the attack. Dalyop Solomon, the president of Berom Youth Moulders Association (BYM), told Daily Trust his people were under attack and "...