Lagos, April 18, 2025 (AFP) - Gunmen kill 17 in latest Nigeria attacks: police

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Gunmen have killed 17 people in Nigeria's central state of Benue, police said Friday, the latest flare-up of intercommunal violence to hit the region in recent weeks. Police spokeswoman Anene Sewuese Catherine said in a statement that they had received a report overnight that "a large number of suspected militia had invaded" a region of Benue state. Security forces were deployed and as the assailants "were being repelled in the early hours of tod......

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