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IS claims responsibility for Nigeria attack that killed 29 people
Gunmen have killed at least 29 people in an attack on a village in Nigeria's north-eastern Adamawa state, local officials say.
The Islamic State group (IS) has claimed responsibility for the attack, without specifying its motive.
Authorities and local residents say the militants raided a football pitch where people had been gathering and opened fire at random, before burning houses, places of worship and motorcycles.
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The restive region bordering Cameroon has seen repeated attacks by local criminal gangs and affiliates of IS in recent years.
Earlier this month, almost 400 people were sentenced during mass trials for their links with militant Islamist groups Boko Haram and its rival splinter group, the Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62d43vdgmmo
The Islamic State group (IS) has claimed responsibility for the attack, without specifying its motive.
Authorities and local residents say the militants raided a football pitch where people had been gathering and opened fire at random, before burning houses, places of worship and motorcycles.
...
The restive region bordering Cameroon has seen repeated attacks by local criminal gangs and affiliates of IS in recent years.
Earlier this month, almost 400 people were sentenced during mass trials for their links with militant Islamist groups Boko Haram and its rival splinter group, the Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62d43vdgmmo