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Nigeria mosque attack: At least 50 killed

Nigeria mosque attack death toll rises to 50, lawmaker says

ABUJA, Nigeria — The death toll from a shooting at a mosque in northwestern Nigeria has risen to 50, a local official said Wednesday. Gunmen stormed the mosque in the town of Unguwan Mantau, in Katsina state, during morning prayers on Tuesday, according to lawmaker Aminu Ibrahim.

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Death Toll Rises to 50 Following Attack on Mosque and Villages in Nigeria's Katsina State

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Nigeria mosque attack: At least 50 killed; gunmen strike during prayers

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Gunmen kill at least 27 in mosque attack in northern Nigeria, officials say

At least 27 worshippers have been killed and several wounded when armed bandits stormed a mosque in northern Nigeria’s Katsina state during morning prayers, a village head and a hospital official said...

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Bandits kill at least 27 in northern Nigeria mosque attack, officials say

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Gunmen kill at least 13 people in a mosque shooting in northwestern Nigeria

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‘Killings now daily reality’ — Atiku criticises FG over Katsina mosque attack

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says the rising wave of killings in the country has reached “an epidemic level” that threatens Nigeria’s collective humanity.

Bandits kill at least 50 in attack on Nigerian mosque, village raids

Criminal gangs, locally called “bandits,” have for years preyed on rural communities in Nigeria’s northwest and centre. What began as disputes between herders and farmers over land and water has escal