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Gunmen killed 36 people in two attacks in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, a day after insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades as security deteriorated in the face of Africa’s most populous nation, said officials and residents.
The series of attacks by armed bandits has occurred over the past 48 hours, with 18 people each killed in villages in Kaduna and Katsina states and several others injured. The attackers burned down houses, displacing the villagers.
Hundreds of people have been killed in northern Nigeria by criminal gangs who have committed thefts and kidnappings.
These attacks have added to security concerns in Nigeria, which is struggling to contain Islamist insurgencies in the northeast and community violence over grazing rights in central states.
The latest attack comes less than a month after President Muhammadu Buhari replaced his longtime military leaders amid escalating violence, with armed forces fighting to reclaim other cities in the northeast overrun by the insurgents.
Last week, unidentified gunmen killed a student in an attack on a boarding school in north-central Niger state and abducted 42 people, including 27 students.
Source: reuters.com
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