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Coordinated Motorbike Raids Kill at Least 32 in Niger State Villages

Authorities say rescue operations are under way.

Overview

  • Gunmen on motorcycles struck Tunga-Makeri, Konkoso and Pissa in Borgu at dawn, torching homes and police stations and killing dozens.
  • Police confirmed six deaths in Tunga-Makeri and reported abductions with no firm count, while residents said roughly 26 were killed in Konkoso.
  • An AFP-cited humanitarian source reported a higher toll of 38 in Konkoso and described victims shot or with throats slit, a figure not confirmed by officials.
  • Witnesses described attackers riding in large convoys of motorbikes and said military aircraft were heard overhead as joint security teams moved in.
  • The raids reflect a wider northern Nigeria security crisis involving armed 'bandits' and jihadist affiliates, following a larger massacre in neighboring Kwara and alongside stepped-up U.S.–Nigeria security cooperation including December airstrikes.