Tiv militias rustled seven cows in Chinkai community.
15 Feb 2002 · Chinkai, Wukari, Taraba
Kidnapped
0
Perpetrators
Communal/Ethnic Militias
Response
No response
Displacement
0
Socioeconomic drivers
Ethnic rivalry, reprisal cycles, economic targeting
Trajectory
Attack reflected shift toward economic warfare through cattle rustling.
Cycle notes
Shows how pastoral livelihoods were devastated by repeated rustling
Pattern
Livestock rustling
Related — Communal Violence
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