Nigeria: At least 40 killed in attacks in Nigeria's Kaduna state

ABUJA, 29 September 2021, (TON): Authorities said “more than 40 people have been killed since Sunday in two village attacks by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria, where a military base was also attacked by suspected jihadists.

Kaduna State security chief Samuel Aruwan said in a statement "unidentified men attacked the village of Madamai in Kaura district ... 34 residents were killed in the attack. Seven were injured."

The official added "soldiers were dispatched to the scene of the attack, where they came under fire, before forcing the attackers to retreat after intense gunfire.”

"In retaliation" for this attack, as well as another in which one person was killed in the village of Jankasa, "eight people were killed, six were wounded, and several houses destroyed in the village of Kacecere" by "unidentified men", according to a new statement signed by Mr. Aruwan and issued early evening.

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