Nigeria: Gunmen kill more than 30 people in Kwara State

Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]

“Armed men have killed at least 35 people and burned homes and shops in Woro, a remote village in Nigeria’s north-central Kwara State, authorities said. … It was the deadliest assault ‍this ⁠year in the district bordering Niger State, which armed gangs have attacked increasingly. Villagers fled into the surrounding bushland as the armed men attacked Woro, [lawmaker Sa’idu Baba] Ahmed told ‌the Reuters news agency by phone. Several people were still missing, he said.” (02/04/26)

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