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Armed herdsmen kill 20 farmers in western Nigerian mosque: Police
[AlAhram] Nigerian herdsmen armed with guns killed 20 farmers and injured eight other people in a mosque in the western central Niger state this weekend, police said on Monday.Fighting over land use between semi-nomadic cattle herders and more settled communities, claims hundreds of lives a year in the middle belt and in the north of Nigeria. Last year, the government said preventing attacks was a security priority. Bala Elkana, a front man for Niger state police, said the attack happened at about 05:00 a.m. (0400 GMT) on Saturday at Epogi community, in the Mokwa area of the state. "It was a clash between farmers and herders which had been initially handled but some herders felt unsatisfied and ... they launched a reprisal attack on some villagers praying in a mosque," Elkana said. Three people had been enjugged Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! , he said. Nigeria's poor transport and communications infrastructure can slow the speed at which reports of events in some rural communities are passed on. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-05-16 |
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