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The 2005 killings of Christians in Nigeria were
carried out by Muslim
militants when they attacked the Christian community in Demsa village, Adamawa State, northern Nigeria, on February 4, 2005 killing 36 people, destroying property and
displacing about 3,000 others. The surviving Christians took refuge
in Mayolope village in
neighboring Taraba
State.
The attack on Demsa village by Muslim militants was
the second in Adamawa state. Numan, also in Adamawa, has been under
siege since a religious crisis that erupted there two years ago
over the killing of Pastor Esther Ethan Jinkai. The situation
worsened in January when another Christian woman was killed by
soldiers deployed to keep peace.
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