It was reported on Monday that eleven Hausa Muslims were killed by an angry crowd in Makurdi, the capital of Benue State in Central Nigeria.
Hundreds of angry young people then took to the streets of the regional capital to protest after the killings, attacking mostly Hausa traders unrelated to the pastoral conflict in the region.
On Tuesday, police said two Catholic priests and 16 worshippers were killed in an attack during a funeral mass in Mbalom, a village some 50 kilometres from Makurdi.
Rilwanu Adamu, advisor for Islamic affairs in Benue governorate said, we lost 11 of our own in this crisis, and five people injured have been hospitalized.
Meanwhile, united Muslim and Christian protesters went out onto the streets of Nigeria on Sunday, and made a powerful call for an end to the bloodshed.
One of the protester said, I feel killing my brother or my sister is wrong. God almighty that has created us, loves all of us.
