Gunmen kill more than 30 people in Nigeria’s Kwara State: Authorities

Armed men burned homes and shops successful Woro, a distant colony successful north-central Kwara State bordering Niger State, authorities say.

Armed men person killed astatine slightest 35 radical and burned homes and shops successful Woro, a distant colony successful Nigeria’s north-central Kwara State, authorities said.

“This morning, I was told that 35 to 40 dormant bodies were counted,” Sa’idu Baba Ahmed, a section lawmaker successful the Kaiama region, told the AFP quality bureau connected Wednesday.

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“Many others escaped into the bush with gunshots,” Ahmed said, adding that much bodies could beryllium found.

It was the deadliest battle ‍this ⁠year successful the territory bordering Niger State, which equipped gangs person attacked increasingly.

Villagers fled into the surrounding bushland arsenic the equipped men attacked Woro, Ahmed told ‌the Reuters quality bureau by phone. Several radical were inactive missing, helium said.

The onslaught was confirmed by police, who did not supply casualty figures. The authorities authorities blamed the onslaught connected “terrorist cells”.

Banditry and equipped ‌attacks connected agrarian communities person surged crossed ‌northwest and north-central ⁠Nigeria successful caller years arsenic gangs raid villages, kidnap residents and loot livestock.