This past week near the city of Jos Nigeria, hundreds were attacked and murdered. Men that came from near by hills attacked villages with machetes. They burned down villages and when people came of their homes, they were sliced by machetes. Adviser Dan Mangang, reported that there has been 95 arrest but 500 people have been killed. Troops were able to get villages under control. The majority of the victimes were women and children. Chief Gabriel said that there has been threats of more attacks. He received text messages from people that claim responsibilty for the murders this week.
This is a global social problem because over 500 children and women have been killed. A large number of people have been effected. This causes issues globally because the mass murder of children isn't just relevant in Nigeria. This ethnic division is a reocurring issue. The first step is division and it then turns to mass murders. Earlier this month, over 700 people were killed in Karuchi, Pakistan. There needs to be stronger regualations because this is a violation of human rights. Who are we supposed to turn to when people are being murdered in our country? What are we supposed to do when the leaders of murdered? Their needs to be a call of action globally. Every week their is another group that has had a large number of their population murdered due to ethnic division.
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Reading this makes me sad and helpless. I hear these stories all the time about how children and women are either killed or mistreated in other countries and it hurts. Because if you think about it, if I was in that country I would be one of the 500 who fell victim to this act of crime. The reason I feel helpless is because I feel that me being a citizen here in the US I am unable to really make a difference. Is bring awareness the best way that I could help with this issue? Or is there something else that should be done. I always have this battle within myself when it comes to issues like this.
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