More Than 160 Killed in Attacks on Nigerian Villages
More than 160 people were killed in attacks on two villages in western Nigeria on Tuesday, marking the deadliest armed assaults in the country this year, according to The Guardian. The attacks occurred in the villages of Woro and Nuku, located in Kwara state.
Gunmen rounded up residents, bound their hands behind their backs, and shot them, according to a local politician, The Guardian reported. Umar Bio Salihu, the traditional chief of Woro, recounted a night of terror during which the attackers killed two of his sons and kidnapped his wife and three daughters, according to The Guardian. "They killed my sons," Salihu said, according to The Guardian.
The Nigerian military said last month it had launched an offensive against terrorist elements in Kwara state, according to The Guardian. The attacks have left communities reeling from repeated and widespread acts of violence perpetrated by jihadists and other armed groups, according to The Guardian.
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