Gunmen kill at least 43 in northern Nigeria - state governor

Gunmen kill at least 43 in northern Nigeria - state governor
# 19 October 2021 05:07 (UTC +04:00)

Gunmen killed at least 43 people in an attack in northern Nigeria's Sokoto state, the governor's office said on Monday, APA reports quoting Reuters.

The assault began at a weekly market in Goronyo on Sunday and continued into Monday morning, Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal said in a statement.

Gunmen across northwestern Nigeria have killed scores of people and kidnapped hundreds more for ransom over the past year in a security crisis that the government is trying to tackle via communications blackouts, military operations and stepped up policing.

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