{"id":31845,"date":"2021-11-16T11:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T11:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.canadianpathram.com\/gunmen-kill-15-in-latest-attack-in-nigerias-northwest\/"},"modified":"2021-11-16T11:34:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T11:34:00","slug":"gunmen-kill-15-in-newest-assault-in-nigerias-northwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadianpathram.com\/gunmen-kill-15-in-newest-assault-in-nigerias-northwest\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen kill 15 in newest assault in Nigeria’s northwest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Related Press<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n LAGOS: Gunmen have killed not less than 15 folks in Nigeria\u2019s northwest, the Sokoto state governor stated, the newest incident in a spiral of violence in Africa\u2019s most populous nation.<\/p>\n The gunmen stormed communities in Sokoto state and raided homes from Sunday evening into Monday morning, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal stated in an announcement, simply days after almost 30 folks had been shot lifeless throughout distant communities throughout Nigeria’s troubled north.<\/p>\n A minimum of 13 folks had been killed in Illela, a city close to the border with neighboring Niger and a few 97 kilometers (60 miles) from the state capital, he stated, including that two others had been killed in Goronyo, about 76 kilometers (47 miles) east of the state capital.<\/p>\n The violent assaults throughout the northwest and central components of Nigeria have killed lots of of individuals this yr.<\/p>\n Most affected communities are in distant areas that do not have ample safety or telecommunications, reminiscent of Goronyo group the place greater than 40 folks had been shot lifeless a month in the past when assailants opened fireplace at a crowded market.<\/p>\n The gunmen are largely younger males from the Fulani ethnic group who had historically labored as nomadic cattle herders and are caught up in a decades-long battle with Hausa farming communities over entry to water and grazing land, based on authorities and safety analysts.<\/p>\n The assaults have taken on ethnic and non secular dimensions, with clashes typically reported in risky states between the herdsmen and native communities. The assailants \u2014 referred to as bandits in Nigeria \u2014 are \u201cgraduating into terrorists,\u201d Gov. Tambuwal stated.<\/p>\n The widespread banditry within the northwest is along with the Islamic extremist insurgency within the northeast that has lasted greater than a decade. Among the bandits \u2014 who typically function in bands of greater than 100 \u2014 are actually becoming a member of forces with the extremist rebels, safety analysts and residents have instructed AP.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Related Press LAGOS: Gunmen have killed not less than 15 folks in Nigeria\u2019s northwest, the Sokoto state governor stated, the newest incident in a spiral of violence in Africa\u2019s most populous nation. The gunmen stormed communities in Sokoto state and raided homes from Sunday evening into Monday morning, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal stated in an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[33],"tags":[12660,19523,19522],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/images.newindianexpress.com\/uploads\/user\/imagelibrary\/2020\/7\/27\/w600X390\/Terrorists_EPS.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18039,"url":"https:\/\/www.canadianpathram.com\/kabul-hospital-assault-senior-taliban-army-commander-reportedly-killed-in-is-bombing\/","url_meta":{"origin":31845,"position":0},"title":"Kabul hospital assault: Senior Taliban army commander reportedly killed in IS bombing","date":"November 3, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"By AFP KABUL: A Taliban army commander was killed when his males responded to an Islamic State suicide bomb and gun assault on a hospital within the Afghan capital, officers mentioned on Wednesday. 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