At least 17 people killed by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria

ABUJA, Nigeria — Gunmen killed at least 17 farmers and wounded at least 13 others as they worked in their fields in northwestern Nigeria, a local official and a resident said. The attack occurred on Friday in the town of Goron Namaye in the Maradun area of Zamfara state. No group has claimed responsibility but attacks by armed gangs have increased in recent months. READ: ‘They said they’ll shoot’: Nigerian schoolgirls recount kidnap ordeal “The farmers were working on their lands when the bandits suddenly attacked and killed 17 of them,” Shehu Musa, a resident of Maradun, told The Associated […]... Keep on reading: At least 17 people killed by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria