Nigerian Gang Kills 23 In Purported Revenge Attack

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Armed robbers killed 23 people in two villages in northern Nigeria, reports the BBC. Eyewitnesses told BBC that 80 people, riding on motorbikes, launched attacks on a pair of remote northern villages.

The attacks, which also killed a policeman, are believed to have come in response to the killing of a suspected group of armed robbers by villagers and vigilante groups in 2011.

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