Friday, 14 March 2014

Gunmen kill 69 in northwest Nigeria attacks

Gunmen in northwest Nigeria's Katsina state killed 69 people in attacks on four villages, a local lawmaker told AFP on Thursday, amid rising communal tension in the region.    
 
"So far, 69 bodies have been recovered from the attacks carried out by a large group of gunmen riding on motorcycles," said Katsina lawmaker Abbas Abdullahi Michika   of the violence which first broke out late on Tuesday.       

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