Eight soldiers, four policemen, 11 others killed across Nigeria last week

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While 12 of the victims were security personnel, the remaining 11 were civilians.

At least 23 people, including security personnel, were killed by armed non-state actors across Nigeria last week .

The figures were collated from newspaper reports within the week, and thus cases not reported in the media were not reported. Out of the 12 security personnel, seven were soldiers who were killed by insurgents in the North-east while three policemen were killed by suspected IPOB separatists.PREMIUM TIMES reported how in the previous two weeks ,

The causes of the killings for last week vary and they include terrorism, banditry, separatists attacks, communal clashes and ethnoreligious crises.Below are the cases compiled from media reports last week.Three policemen on duty in Onitsha Anambra State were on Sunday killed by gunmen. The incident, it was gathered, happened around 9 a.m. on the Ukaegbu/Ezeiweka road in Onitsha.

 

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