In Nigeria’s hard-hit north, families seek justice as armed groups seek control

Decadeslong violence in Nigeria’s northwestern region is becoming more deadly, killing at least 2,600 people in 2021.

Christian Jonathan’s mother was holding the 9-month-old boy in her arms when she was shot dead during an attack on their village in northwestern Nigeria. The assailants cut off one of Christian’s fingers and abandoned him by the side of the road with a bullet wound in his tiny leg.

“They left him on the ground beside his mother’s body,” said Joshua Jonathan, Christian’s father. “They thought the boy was dead.”

The late-night attack in April in Runji in Kaduna State  today! 

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