More than 200 Christians living in Nigeria were killed in a series of coordinated attacks organized by Fulani Muslim militants, continuing a pattern of violence against Christians in the African nation.

The attacks occurred between the evening of June 11 and the early hours of June 13, according to a release from International Christian Concern, resulting in a number of deaths throughout the Plateau and Benue states.

“Some families were completely wiped out,” said Matthew Mnyam, a former education official in Yelwata. “A man, his two wives, and all their children were burned alive. It was a well-coordinated assault from both eastern and western flanks of the community.”

In another instance, Islamic militants attacked a group of Christian farmers, killing a group of four victims which included a nine-month-old baby as they were returning from their farms with loads of harvested vegetables. The militants were wielding machetes and also inflicted serious injuries upon two other villagers.

Another attack involved heavily armed militants assailing a largely Christian farming settlement in Benue state, with some 200 people perishing over the course of two hours.

“Before the Zike massacre this year that killed 54 people, there were two weeks of daily ambushes,” Joseph Chudu Yonkpa, national publicity secretary of the Irigwe Youth Movement, reacted after the latest attacks, noting that the violence has been a persistent issue.