Gunmen kill at least 27 in mosque attack in northern Nigeria, officials say

Such attacks person go communal successful Nigeria’s northwestern, north-central regions wherever section herders and farmers clash.

At slightest 27 worshippers person been killed and respective wounded erstwhile equipped bandits stormed a mosque successful bluish Nigeria’s Katsina authorities during greeting prayers, the colony caput and a infirmary authoritative said.

The gunmen opened occurrence wrong a mosque arsenic Muslims gathered to commune astatine astir 04:00 GMT successful the distant assemblage of Unguwan Mantau successful Malumfashi section authorities area, residents said.

No 1 instantly claimed responsibility, but specified attacks person go much communal successful Nigeria’s northwestern and north-central regions wherever section herders and farmers often clash implicit constricted entree to onshore and water.

The attacks person killed and injured scores – an onslaught June successful in north-central Nigeria killed much than 100 people. Amnesty International called for the authorities to extremity the “almost regular bloodshed successful Benue state”. That onslaught  took spot successful Yelwata, a municipality successful Benue State, according to Amnesty.

The prolonged struggle has go deadlier successful caller years, with authorities and analysts informing that much herdsmen are taking up arms.

The state’s commissioner, Nasir Mu’azu, said the service and constabulary person deployed successful the country of Unguwan Mantau pursuing Tuesday’s bloodshed to forestall further attacks, adding that gunmen often fell among the crops successful farms during the rainy play to transportation retired assaults connected communities.