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Police report mass abduction from mosque in Nigeria's Niger state
AP News • • world
Key Points:
- Armed assailants kidnapped scores of people from a mosque and several villages in Nigeria's north-central Niger state, specifically in the Borgu Local Government Area, during attacks on Friday.
- No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, which are part of a broader pattern of violence involving multiple armed groups competing in the region.
- Police confirmed no fatalities but reported numerous abductions, with estimates ranging from 60 to 80 people taken hostage, and some residents sustaining gunshot injuries while fleeing.
- The military has been deployed to the area to conduct a search for survivors and restore security.
- Local leaders confirmed the abductions occurred during prayers at a Juma’at mosque, highlighting the vulnerability of civilians in the ongoing conflict.
