Zitat:Gunmen kill nearly 200 in Nigeria’s Kwara and Katsina attacks

Bauchi, Nigeria - Nearly 200 people have been killed by armed men in separate attacks in remote villages in central and northern Nigeria, a local lawmaker, residents and police said Wednesday, as security forces searched for survivors and chased the attackers.

In central Kwara state, gunmen attacked the community of Woro on Tuesday, leaving at least 170 people dead, the lawmaker for the area, Saidu Baba Ahmed, said by phone. It was the deadliest assault recorded this year in the district bordering Niger state, an area increasingly targeted by gunmen who raid villages, kidnap residents and loot livestock. [...]

Residents told Reuters that the gunmen, thought to be jihadists who often preached in the village, demanded that locals ditch their allegiance to the Nigerian state and switch to sharia, or Islamic law.