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Gunmen kill nearly 200 people in Nigeria's Kwara and Katsina states

 Published: 11:40, 5 February 2026

Gunmen kill nearly 200 people in Nigeria's Kwara and Katsina states

Gunmen have killed nearly 200 people in western and northern Nigeria, officials and residents said, as survivors buried the dead and security forces hunted the attackers.

In western Kwara State, gunmen stormed the community of Woro on Tuesday evening, killing at least 170 people, according to a local lawmaker, while in northern Katsina State, at least 21 people were shot dead by attackers who moved from house to house, residents said.

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