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Gunmen attack Niger mosque, kill 17 worshippers, abduct seven others 

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October 26, 2021
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Gunmen attack Niger mosque, kill 17 worshippers, abduct seven others 

The Police Command in Niger said gunmen killed an unspecified number of Muslim worshippers who were observing their early morning prayers in a Mosque at Mazakuka village in Mashegu Local Government Area of the state.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Monday Kuryas, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Monday, said the gunmen also abducted seven other worshipers at the mosque.

Mr Kuryas said the incident occurred on October 25 at about 0530 hours when the gunmen attacked the village.

He said the gunmen later destroyed property worth millions of naira belonging to Abubakar Maigandus in the village.

Secretary to the Niger State Government, Ahmed Ibrahim-Matane, who also confirmed the attack to The Nation, said that 16 Muslim worshippers were killed in the mosque while one other was killed at Kaboji village by the gunmen.

Mr. Matane said that the State Government has sent a team of military personnel to the forest to fish out bandits hiding there.

The Chairman of Mashegu local government council, Alhassan Isa Maza-Kuka also confirmed the incident, describing it as very devastating to the people.

He said that the attack was uncalled for, especially as the innocent Muslims were in the mosque for prayers.

Mr. Alhassan disclosed that one of the injured people was in a critical condition and has been referred to the Minna General Hospital for medical attention.

The Police Commissioner, however, said security personnel shot dead one of the bandits.

The Commissioner said the incident was understood to be a reprisal attack resulting from a long standing communal feud.

He said that additional armed security personnel had since been deployed to the area to ensure the arrest of the gunmen “and all other miscreants undermining the peaceful coexistence among residents”.

He urged the residents, especially those in the rural areas of the state, “to come forward with reliable information that could aid the personnel deployed across the state to ensure the arrest and prosecution of all those involved in criminal acts.”

”We are battle-ready to confront any form of criminal elements as long as good residents will volunteer credible information on movement of dubious characters in their midst,” Mr Kuryas said.

The country is battling worsening insecurity and rising crimes, with the swathes of the north badly affected by banditry, kidnappings and insurgency.

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