Five killed as gunmen attack Zamfara mosque

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Gunmen have killed five worshippers and kidnapped 18 in an attack on a mosque during prayers in northwestern Nigeria's Zamfara state, police said Sunday.Around 100 cattle thieves on motorcycles...

“The gunmen attacked the mosque while the imam was delivering the sermon and took away more than 30 people, including the imam, after shooting dead five worshippers,” one resident, Ibrahim Altine, toldNorthwest Nigeria is a hotbed of criminal gangs who raid villages, stealing cattle, kidnapping for ransom and burning homes after looting food supplies.

The gangs maintain camps in the Rugu forest which straddles Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna and Niger states from where they launch attacks.Unlike Boko Haram jihadists, the criminal gangs have no ideological leanings, but concerns are growing that the jihadists are gradually infiltrating the gangs.

 

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Could you please bring the end of this problem or else Zamfara people will soon get finish

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When you hear 5 people were killed just know that it's more than 5.

Fake News!

Not again 😱 Booooooohhhhhhaaaaareeeeeee!!!!!

They love killing and killing love them back,so what’s big deal.

Kudos to APC govt

Dear SOUTHERNERS, it is high time we started rejecting the Northerners migrating to the Southern region. These people called for Sharia Law in their region and the Sharia Law is now sucking their bloods and they are running away from the devil the created themselves.

Nawa ooo Nigeria government APC

Fake News: The north is very safe, Those spreading the news that there is high level of insecurity are those wishing Buhari to fail. Buhari has done so well. Those PDP “sponsored” bandits that are trying to discredit sleepy MBuhari will face the law 😂

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Seriously when did insecurity in Nigeria get this bad

I thought they were Muslims

This is fake news that was not a gun shot it was a knockout sound

When will all these senseless killings stop 😞

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