Zaki Biam Massacre

Quand

24 oct. 2001

Type

Massacre

Morts

200

Coordonnées

11.07° N, 7.70° E

Description

a 2001 Massacre of Tiv people in Benue State Nigeria by the Nigerian army

Armed attack by the Nigerian military on the Tiv people in Benue State, Nigeria

The Zaki-Biam massacre was a mass execution of hundreds of unarmed Tiv civilians by the Nigerian Army between 20 and 24 October 2001. The massacre was a surreptitious operation of the Nigerian army to avenge the killing of 19 soldiers, whose mutilated bodies were found on 12 October 2001, near some Tiv villages in Benue State.

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