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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi, Eromo Egbejule in Katsina, Nigeria, and agencies

Gunmen kill more than 160 people in attacks on two west Nigeria villages

Nigerian soldiers in a vehicle with a gun mounted on it
The Nigerian military said last month it had launched an offensive against ‘terrorist elements’ in Kwara state. Photograph: Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters

More than 160 people have been killed in two villages in western Nigeria in the country’s deadliest armed assaults this year, as communities reel from repeated and widespread acts of violence perpetrated by jihadists and other armed groups.

The death toll from Tuesday’s attacks in Woro and Nuku in Kwara state stood at 162 on Wednesday afternoon, according to Mohammed Omar Bio, a member of parliament representing the area.

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