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Nigerian bandits kill at least 50 in mosque attack, village raids

Disarmed members of an anti-banditry vigilante group Zamfara in 2019. [AFP]

Gunmen killed at least 30 people in an attack on a mosque in northwestern Nigeria earlier this week, according to a resident and a lawmaker, with another 20 people killed in neighbouring villages.

"Bandits", as members of criminal gangs are locally known, struck a mosque in the town of Unguwar Mantau, in Katsina state's Malumfashi local government area Tuesday, with a conflict monitor reporting an initial toll of 13 dead.

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