Tawari attack

Tawari attack
Part of Herder-farmer conflicts in Nigeria
LocationTawari, Kogi State, Nigeria
DateJanuary 2–3, 2020
11:15 pm – morning
TargetNotable Tawari community members
Deaths29
InjuredUnknown
PerpetratorFulani herdsmen
No. of participants
100
MotiveReprisal attack for the deaths of four herdsmen

On January 3, 2020, suspected Fulani militants attacked the town of Tawari, Kogi State, Nigeria, killing twenty-nine people.

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