Gunmen kill 13 in Nigeria's Plateau state attack

People gather outside the Angwan Rukuba police outstation, the morning after gunmen killed multiple people in an overnight attack in Angwan Rukuba, Jos North, Plateau State, Nigeria, March 30, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

BAUCHI, Nigeria, March ⁠30 (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked a university community in Nigeria’s ⁠central Plateau state on Sunday night, killing at ‌least 13 people, residents and local officials said, the latest violence in a region long plagued by deadly farmer-herder conflicts.

(Reporting by Ardo Hazzad, Writing by MacDonald Dzirutwe, Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)