Gunmen Kill at Least 50 in Attacks on Village in Nigeria

Gunmen Kill at Least 50 in Attacks on Village in Nigeria
Nigerian police officers in a file photo. Patrick Meinhardt/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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ABUJA, Nigeria—Gunmen have killed at least 50 people during two attacks on a village in north-central Nigeria, authorities said Thursday.

Ruben Bako, chairman of the Otukpo local government where the massacre happened, said that gunmen killed 47 people on Wednesday in Umogidi village in Benue state. A day earlier, three other people had been slain in the same place, he said.