14 members of one family were killed in Plateau state, Nigeria, in what appears to be a religiously-motivated attack.<br /><br />Locals say they were a Christian family, shot or hacked to death, by Muslim herdsmen. To these villagers, this is part of a cycle of revenge killings that have left dozens of people dead in the last two weeks.<br /><br />While killings motivated by religion, or battle for land, have dogged the area for many years, there now appears to be a new, more determined pattern; pitting communities who have lived together for decades against each other.<br /><br />The murders are another headache for President Goodluck Jonathan, who is also dealing with more bombings, after last month's attack on the UN compound in Abuja.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Emike Umolu, reports.<br /><br />WARNING: This report contains some disturbing images.
