Gunmen in military uniforms kill dozens of civilians in Nigerian villages

‘Gunmen have killed dozens of civilians, mostly women and children, in Nigeria in a series of attacks across villages in the country’s central-eastern Plateau State.

Nanzing Bani, a regional community leader, said on Sunday that the fatalities were caused when heavily-armed gunmen in military uniforms went on an indiscriminate shooting rampage in Kardarko and nearby villages on Saturday.

“The soldiers were shooting indiscriminately,” media outlets quoted Bani as saying.’

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