Sources: Xinhua
Nigerian police report that at least 20 people were killed in an attack on a community in Bokkos, Plateau State, over the weekend. Police and other security agencies engaged the assailants in a shootout before they withdrew from the area. 2026-06-23
Twelve people are killed by unknown gunmen at a bar in Angwan Rukuba, Plateau State, Nigeria. A mob kills ten additional people in retaliation to the attack. 2026-03-29
Armed men ambush and kill twenty security personnel, including two senior military officers, in Plateau State, Nigeria. 2026-03-13
A gas explosion at a lead mine in Bashar, Plateau State, Nigeria, kills at least 38 miners working underground and injures 27 others. 2026-02-18
At least 12 people are killed and three others are abducted after Fulani gunmen attack a mining site in Plateau State, Nigeria. 2025-12-16
Over 70 vigilante group members are killed and others are missing in an ambush by bandits in two villages in Kanam and Wase, Plateau State, Nigeria. Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) denied the initial account and reported eight deaths and several missing. 2025-07-7
Gunmen kill 40 people in an attack on a village in Nigeria's Plateau State. 2024-05-21
Armed bandits kill about 140 people in Plateau State, Nigeria. Many houses are burned down. 2023-12-26
At least 80 people are killed by armed attackers during a shooting spree on several villages in Plateau State, Nigeria. 2023-05-16
Fifty people are killed and 70 others kidnapped in a series of attacks in Plateau State, Nigeria. 2022-04-10