Gunmen of a Christian tribe attacked an all-Muslim Nigerian town on Aug. 7, leaving nine people dead, several houses burned, and town leaders fuming at authorities. The attack marked a new development in the ongoing strife in Nigeria, with Christians going on the offensive against Muslims.
For months prior to the Aug. 7 attack, the Christian Atyap people in the southeast of Kaduna state had been forced to abandon their homes as invading bands of armed Islamic killers rained rifle fire on their villages.
