Bauchi, Nigeria
Reuters
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At least 170 people have been killed in an attack by armed men on a remote village in central Nigeria’s Kwara state, a local lawmaker told Reuters on Wednesday, as authorities and soldiers continued to comb nearby bushland for survivors.
It was the deadliest assault recorded this year in the district bordering Niger state, an area increasingly targeted by gunmen who raid villages, kidnap residents and loot livestock.
Villagers fled into surrounding bushland as the gunmen attacked Woro, lawmaker Saidu Baba Ahmed told Reuters by phone.
Ahmed said the gunmen rounded up residents, bound their hands behind their…