The deadly attacks of recent days, sponsored by militias, have also left hundreds injured and thousands displaced.
The death toll from a series of attacks on villages in central Nigeria rose to nearly 200 people, local authorities announced Wednesday, as survivors began burying the dead.
Armed groups launched attacks between Saturday evening and Tuesday morning in Plateau State in Nigeria, a region plagued by religious and ethnic tensions for several years.
The death toll is feared to rise further as some people remain missing, 500 people have been injured and thousands more have been displaced.
North-west and central Nigeria have long been terrorized by bandit militias operating from bases deep in the forests and attacking villages to loot and kidnap residents for ransom.
