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Nine killed in militant attack in Nigeria
2021-12-10
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] At least nine people were killed in an attack by armed militants on a village in Niger State in central Nigeria, according to the local police press office.

The attacks reportedly took place in the village of Baare during morning prayers at a local mosque. According to preliminary information, the militants arrived on motorcycles to the mosque and opened fire on the parishioners. As a result of the shooting, nine people died, and another ten were wounded of varying severity. At present, security forces have been sent to the region to search for the attackers.

As reported by IA REGNUM , on December 8, 30 passengers of the bus were killed as a result of an arson attack by militants in the Nigerian state of Sokoto. According to the police, the militants set up an ambush on the road.
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