location: Yelwa
notes: Christian groups attack Muslim residents in Yelwa, contininuing ongoing religious based violence in the area. Soldiers eventually dispersed the attackers at noon on the second day. Human Rights Watch estimates that at least 700 people were killed in the violence over the two days. Between 200 and 300 Muslim women and children were abducted and released in the days or weeks that followed, a number of them having been repeatedly raped by their captors, and tens of thousands of people fled to other places in Plateau state or in neighbouring areas.
target_text: location: Yelwa, fatalities: 350