LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nearly 30 people have been killed across Nigeria’s north in violent attacks in recent days targeting rural areas and the police, locals and authorities said Wednesday. The three attacks in the northern states of Zamfara, Katsina and Taraba occurred over the past 48 hours. The Abuja-based Daily Trust newspaper reported 15 killed, quoting accounts from residents in the northcentral state. Idris Yusuf told The AP the gunmen opened fire on the police vehicle carrying the officers. “They killed seven before the police arrived to take their bodies to the hospital,” he said.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 10, 2021 17:57 UTC