AhlulBayt News Agency

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Tuesday

26 December 2017

1:01:03 PM
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Gunmen kill 10 villagers in northern Nigeria

Gunmen have killed 10 people in attacks on two Christian-dominated villages in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna, officials said Tuesday.

(AhlulBayt News Agency) - On Christmas Eve, six people were killed when gunmen stormed Ungwan Mailafiya, they said.

The killings followed an attack in nearby Nindem late Friday where gunmen opened fire on a congregation, killing four and injuring 10, said a local lawmaker.

“While we were mourning the deaths at Nindem ... the security personnel received distress calls of another attack at Ungwan Mailafiya”, parliamentarian Shehu Nicholas Garba said in a statement.

“By daybreak on Christmas, six persons had been confirmed killed, including a child of about six years old, and many others injured,” he said.

A spokesperson from the state government said troops had been deployed to prevent further violence.


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