Hombres armados matan al menos a 15 personas en el norte de Nigeria, dice Amnistía – Chicago Tribune

By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN

ABUYA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 15 people were killed when gunmen attacked three communities in north-central Nigeria, the country’s Amnesty International reported.

The simultaneous attacks took place on Saturday in the Tashan Maje, Saduro and Runtuwa areas of Borgu area of ​​Niger State, the human rights group reported in a statement published in X.

“Armed men invaded the cities… for decades on motorcycles, scattered in all directions. Also, saquearon tiendas,” the association said.

The “horrific attack” is another sign that “the person is constantly living on the edge and feeling undefended,” the statement said. No more detailed offer on the attacks.

Northern Nigeria is caught in the grip of a serious security crisis that has come together with so many Islamist militants operating in the northwest as criminal gangs who secure people to save them and have caused horrors in the northeast and north-central regions.

Africa’s most popular country attracted Washington’s attention after President Donald Trump said the country was failing to protect Christians from alleged genocide. The Nigerian government is making the charge, and analysts say it is simplifying a very complicated situation in which many people are attacked regardless of who they are.

North American forces launched air attacks in December against militants affiliated with the Islamic State group in northeastern Nigeria. Nigerian officials say the United States is ready to help enter the West African nation’s armed forces in the fight against extremism.

Nigerian police said last week that 38 people were killed and others kidnapped in an attack on the northwestern state of Zamfara.

Meanwhile, the Nigerian exercise informed the country that it had recorded “decisive sorties” against the militants in the past 24 hours.

We have some concerns about the future and we will recover an important supply of weapons, munitions, logistical resources, heavy duty drugs, illicit drugs and heavy duty weapons, which the ejército described as “a relentless push to degrade terrorist networks and criminal syndicates throughout the country”, reporting the accident in a message.

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This story was translated into English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.