Gunmen Kill at Least 45 People in Northwest Nigerian Town

Gunmen Kill at Least 45 People in Northwest Nigerian Town
Nigerian soldiers and police officers in a file photo. Bosan Yakusak/AFP via Getty Images
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—Militants killed at least 45 people in an attack on the town of Faru in northwest Nigeria, residents and a hospital worker said on Friday.

“The armed bandits stormed Faru town on more than 100 motorbikes, shooting sporadically on the people at about twelve noon yesterday,” said Abubakar Iliyasu, a resident who witnessed the attack.