Gunmen kill 37 in 2 attacks on Nigerian village
Criminal gangs have killed at least 37 people in two days of attacks on a rural community in northwest Nigeria’s Sokoto state, a security report and residents said...
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Gunmen seize 23 children from orphanage in Nigeria
Gunmen raided an unregistered orphanage in central Nigeria’s Kogi state and kidnapped at least 23 children, authorities said on Monday, with eight still missing after a partial rescue operation...
Gunmen kill 60 in northwest Nigeria
Gunmen have killed at least 60 people across several remote villages in northwest Nigeria this week, local clergy and humanitarian groups said Wednesday, as the country battles a surge in insecurity in its mostly Muslim north...
Gunmen kill 7, kidnap dozens in northern Nigeria
Armed gangs killed seven people and kidnapped dozens others in raids on six remote villages in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara state, residents told AFP, the latest attack in the unrest-weary West African country...
Dozens killed as gunmen open fire on bar in Nigeria
Gunmen killed at least a dozen people in Jos, the capital of Nigeria’s restive Plateau state, sparking retaliation from a mob that killed 10 more, locals said on Monday...
Gunmen kill at least 162 in new Nigeria attack
Gunmen killed at least 162 people in Nigeria’s Kwara state in one of the deadliest attacks in the country in recent months, a Red Cross official said Wednesday.
Gunmen kidnap 163 worshippers from two Nigerian churches
Armed gangs kidnapped at least 163 Christian worshippers after storming two churches in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna State on Sunday, a member of the clergy said.
Gunmen kidnap dozens Nigerians across two states
Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped nearly three dozen people across three attacks over the weekend, security sources said Monday, as authorities face renewed scrutiny over mass abductions...
Gunmen involved in Kashmir tourist attack killed: Amit Shah
Indian security forces have killed three Pakistani gunmen who were involved in an April attack on Hindu tourists in Indian Kashmir that led to an intense military conflict between the two countries, home minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday...
Pakistan gunmen kill two cops guarding polio vaccinators
Gunmen killed two Pakistani police officers guarding polio vaccinators in the turbulent southwestern province of Balochistan, officials said on Wednesday, the second attack since the launch of a nationwide inoculation drive this week...
Gun attack on tourists kill 24 in Kashmir
At least 24 people were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir when gunmen opened fire on tourists on Tuesday, a senior police officer said, with authorities calling it the worst attack on civilians in years.