Gunmen kill 15 traders in Nigeria's north
An official says gunmen have killed 15 people in a daylight attack near a northern Nigerian city where a radical sect last week killed 185 people.
Zamfara state spokesman Ibrahim Muhammad Birnin Magaji said Friday the Muslim traders had been traveling from Zamfara state in a minibus to sell their goods in a market in Katsina state.
He said authorities suspect an armed robbery attack, but no goods were reported missing.
The killings come days after the Boko Haram sect claimed responsibility for coordinated attacks in Kano. However, Birnin Magaji said it was unlikely that the sect was involved because the area had seen similar attacks.
AP
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