Gunmen kill 14 people returning from market in central Nigeria


  • World
  • Friday, 25 Jul 2025

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -Armed attackers ambushed a vehicle returning from a weekly market in the Bokkos area of central Nigeria, killing 14 passengers including women and infants, a local community leader said on Friday.

The attack occurred at about noon on Thursday as the vehicle was carrying people back from the popular Bokkos market in violence-plagued Plateau state.

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