00:01The violence in Nigeria shows no sign of stopping.
00:05Several dozens of people were reported to have been shot dead
00:09or had their throats cut in Nigeria's Niger state
00:12in attacks on three different villages.
00:15Gunmen on motorcycles swept into the villages of Tunga Makeri,
00:19Kunkoso and Pisa early on Saturday morning, according to eyewitnesses.
00:24They burned down houses and killed dozens of residents.
00:29While different reports speak of between 30 and 46 killed,
00:33the death toll is likely to increase as many people are currently missing.
00:38It is just one of several armed attacks in the past weeks and not the deadliest.
00:44Nigeria has been struggling to rein in the violence from both local gangs
00:48known as bandits and jihadist groups operating mainly in its north.
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