At least 13 people have been killed in Nigeria's restive central region in an escalating ethnic battle between farmers and herders, an army spokesman told AFP.
The violence earlier this week between the Berom, indigenous farmers, and the Fulani, nomadic cattle herders, took place in Jol, a community part of the Riyom local government area of Plateau state, said military spokesman Major Adam Umar on Thursday.
"On Tuesday some gunmen launched an attack on the Berom community... killing 13 people and razing several houses," Umar said.
"The attack was part of the tit-tat killings between the Fulani and Berom."