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May 8, 2018

Nigeria: 45 Killed in Attack on Village; Military Rescues 1,000 Captives from Boko Haram
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In Nigeria, at least 45 people were killed and a dozen more wounded on
an attack on a village in the northwestern state of Kaduna Saturday.
Officials have described the gunmen as bandits. The assault is the
latest in a wave of violence in central and northern Nigeria, which has
killed more than 1,500 so far this year. Meanwhile, the Nigerian
military says it has rescued more than 1,000 people held captive by the
militant group Boko Haram in Nigeria's northern Borno State. Most of the
rescued hostages were women and girls.


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