What the records say
- When
- 2004
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 1,000
- Coordinates
- 9.17° N, 9.75° E
- Description
- 2004 religious violence between Muslims and Christians in Yelwa, Nigeria
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Yelwa massacre
2004 religious violence in Nigeria
The Yelwa massacre was a series of related incidents of religious violence between Muslims and Christians which took place in Yelwa, Nigeria between February and May 2004. These incidents killed over 700 people. The first wave occurred on 4 February 2004 when armed men attacked Christians in Yelwa, killing more than 78, including at least 48 who were worshipping inside a church compound.
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- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Hundreds of Muslim cattle herders are killed by Christian farmers in central Nigerian town of Yelwa”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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