(VOVworld) – At least 100 people were killed on Sunday in attacks on villages in central Nigeria.

Local people blamed the bloodshed on Muslim Fulani herdsmen, who have been accused of similar raids in the past. (Photo: thenews.com.pk)

About 40 assailants armed with guns and machetes stormed the villages of Angwan Gata, Chenshyi, and Angwan Sankwai, attacking locals in their sleep and torching their homes. Chenshyi village was the worst affected with at least 50 people killed. Local people blamed the bloodshed on Muslim Fulani herdsmen, who have been accused of similar raids in the past. Fulani leaders have for years complained about the loss of grazing land, which is crucial to their livelihood. Resentment between the herdsmen and their agrarian neighbors has risen steadily over the past decade.