JAKARTA - A fighting incident while distributing food in two places killed 30 people in Nigeria.
It was reported that 20 people died in Okija City, Ihiala Regional Government Region in Anambra State on Saturday, December 21. Meanwhile, 10 others died at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Maitama area in the capital city of Abuja.
The food distribution activity is an effort by individuals and private institutions to ease economic difficulties ahead of Christmas celebrations.
The victims and injured were transferred to a nearby hospital, according to a rescue team source.
Confirming developments in Anambra, Charles Aburime, spokesman for the state's governor, said the government would provide the latest news to the media after an investigation.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Abuja police, Josephine Adeh, confirmed 10 bodies - four children and six adults - had been found.
"The FCT Police Rapid Response Force and the FCT Joint Task Force have succeeded in evacuating other masses, totaling more than a thousand people," he said as quoted by ANTARA from Anadolu-OANA, Sunday, December 22.
The two incidents occurred days after 35 children died in a fighting incident at a carnival in Ibadan, southwest of Nigeria.
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