At least 25 killed in attack on Nigeria’s Plateau amid reprisal fears

(Reuters)

KANO,Nigeria, Aug 18- At least 25 people were killed in an overnight attack on a ​village in Nigeria’s central Plateau state, local officials and ‌residents said on Tuesday, in violence that has heightened fears of violent reprisals in the restive region.

The incident highlights persistent insecurity in Plateau ​state, where tensions between farming communities and herders often ​spiral into retaliatory violence, leaving people dead, displaced ⁠and homeless.