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TEHRAN, June 27 - More than 200 people were killed in violence against farming communities last weekend in Plateau state, central Nigeria, according to a speech by the governor published on Wednesday.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Simon Lalong said after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the state capital Jos on Tuesday night that the clashes had left "the painful loss of over 200 people".
The police, who blame suspected cattle herders, have said 86 people were killed. However, multiple local sources from the communities affected maintained more than 100 people died.
The main association representing the largely nomadic herders has denied its community had any involvement in the killings.
The violence is the latest bout in months of bloodletting in Nigeria's so-called "Middle Belt".
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