Fulani Militias Slaughter 32 Christians in Nigeria
In the early hours of July 14, the quiet Christian village of Jebu in Nigeria's Plateau State became a smoldering graveyard as Fulani militants launched a barbaric siege, killing 32 innocent soulsâincluding children, a 3-month-old infant, and the village youth leaderâwhile Nigerian soldiers reportedly stood by in chilling silence. Under the cover of darkness, the assailants encircled the sleeping community, unleashing bullets, fire, and machetes with ruthless precision, leaving behind nothing but ashes and anguish. A church reduced to rubble. Families burned alive in their homes. Survivors now huddle beneath trees, mourning the dead and pleading for food, clothing, and justice. Plateauâs Christian farmers, once self-sufficient and vibrant, are being systematically uprooted through relentless violenceâan atrocity the global community continues to ignore. Despite promises from state leaders, residents fear yet another empty vow as mass graves are dug behind sacred sanctuaries, and the bodies of the faithful are hastily covered in the soil they once tilled. This is not mere conflictâit is persecution in plain sight. Jebu now joins the growing list of Nigerian Christian communities annihilated in a silent genocide, as the world and its governments
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