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Jihadist attack leaves 59 dead in northeast Nigeria
KANO, Nigeria, June 10, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Jihadist fighters killed 59 people during an attack on a village in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, a local official said.
Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked the village of Gubio in Borno state, leaving 59 locals dead, said local anti-jihadist militia chief Babakura Kolo. The toll was confirmed by another militiaman and a local chief.
ISWAP, which split from Boko Haram in 2016, focuses on attacking the military but it has also been accused of increasingly targeting civilians.
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