Gunmen kill 23 in Nigeria
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Gunmen kill 17 in Nigeria attacks
Gunmen have killed 17 people in Nigeria’s central state of Benue, police said Friday, the latest flare-up of intercommunal violence to hit the region in recent weeks.
