Residents who escaped violence tell of bandits riding in on motorbikes and shooting indiscriminately

Residents who escaped violence tell of bandits riding in on motorbikes and shooting indiscriminately

Assailants shot dead or cut the throats of their victims, lit homes on fire and abducted multiple people in Niger state, Nigeria.

Witnesses say the motorcycle riding gunmen attacked three communities in northern Nigeria, killing and abducting dozens.

As the Arise television channel notes, the pattern of these crimes is reminiscent of attacks by the extremist group Boko Haram