(MENAFN) More than 15 people have been killed and many others injured after a clash in Nigeria's northeastern town of Mambilla.
According to local police, the violence went off on Thursday as a result of a misunderstanding between a farmer and a herder in Mambilla, home to Nigeria and west Africa's only highland tea plantations in the northern state of Taraba.
Police spokesman said on Saturday that several homes were destroyed and cattle killed during the attack.
According to reporters, units of mobile policemen and soldiers have been positioned to the area to maintain law and order.
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