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Gunmen kill 22 in central Nigeria: officials
Security experts have warned that jihadist groups may have infiltrated the area.
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What you need to know:
- In the first attack, dozens of assailants riding on motorcycles attacked Dukku in Rijau district to kidnap locals for ransom but local vigilantes engaged them in a gunfight.
- In a separate attack on the same day, another armed gang invaded Kagara in nearby Rafi district, breaking into a bank but failing to enter the vault.
Gunmen have killed 22 people, including 19 vigilantes, in two separate attacks in central Nigeria, officials said Friday, in the latest violence by cattle rustlers in the region.
"The criminals killed 22 people in the attacks on Dukku and Kagara towns," in Niger state on Wednesday, Kabiru Muhammad Maikundi, the state director of security said.
