24 April 2010
Nathan S. Dabak and Sunday Gyang Bwede
Knife attack
In the city of Jos in the restive central Plateau state, a mob of Muslim rioters reacting to the discovery of an allegedly Muslim corpse found near a church killed Deputy Editor Nathan S. Dabak, 36, and reporter Sunday Gyang Bwede, 39, of Church of Christ in Nigeria-owned monthly The Light Bearer, according to local news reports.
Journalists have been targeted amid recent deadly outbreaks of sectarian violence in the area. The journalists were riding a motorcycle on their way interview a local politician, Member of Parliament Bitrus Kaze, when they were stabbed by rioters on Saturday morning, their editor-in-chief, Gyarta Pofi, told the Committee to Protect Journalists. The Associated Press reported that they were covering the unrest.
