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Gunmen kidnap 150 people in central Nigeria

A member of a suspected terror group displays a gun. [AFP]

Gunmen attacked a remote village in central Nigeria, killing eight people and kidnapped about 150 more in the country's latest mass abduction, officials told AFP on Monday.

Large-scale kidnappings for ransom are common in Nigeria's northwest and central states, where heavily armed gangs known locally as bandits often target remote villages.

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