At least seven worshipers were killed during an attack by a group of gunmen on an Islamic mosque in the northwestern state of Kaduna Nigeriaas the police announced on Saturday.
The attack in the remote village of Saya, in Ikara district of the state, took place on Friday night as worshipers had gathered to pray, according to Mansoor Haruna, a police spokesman in Kaduna.
Two other people who were injured were taken to a hospital, the spokesman added.
A resident of the village explained to the Reuters news agency how five worshipers were murdered inside the place of worship and two others outside it.
Northwestern and central Nigeria have been plagued by repeated attacks by criminal gangs for about a decade., which the authorities generally call “bandits”: they raid isolated villages, kill, loot, kidnap residents for ransom and set houses on fire. In some areas where these gangs operate, road travel is not safe, not even agricultural activities.
The attacks by the thugs further complicate the situation for Nigeria’s security forces, which are simultaneously called upon to deal with a decade-long jihadist insurgency in the north-east of the country and separatist activity in the south.
Source: News Beast
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