At Least 100 People Killed by Gunmen in North-Central Nigeria, Rights Group Says

At Least 100 People Killed by Gunmen in North-Central Nigeria, Rights Group Says
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ABUJA, Nigeria—At least 100 people have been killed in a gun attack on a village in Nigeria’s north-central Benue state, Amnesty International Nigeria said Saturday.

The attack took place between late Friday and the early hours of Saturday in Yelewata, a community in the Guma area of the state, the rights group said in a Facebook post.