00:03Violence and insecurity continue to plague parts of Nigeria, but the country's military is fighting back.
00:10On Sunday, it announced that it had rescued 31 worshippers abducted from Easter festivities in the northwestern Kaduna state.
00:18Five others among those taken were killed by the attackers.
00:22According to officials, gunmen stormed a Catholic and an evangelical church,
00:26the incident unfolding around 100km north of the capital.
00:31This, even after the head of the police ordered a significant security deployment at places of worship over the Easter
00:37period.
00:38It's not the first time Kaduna has faced such violence.
00:41Back in January, attackers kidnapped more than 170 worshippers from several churches.
00:47Eighteen managed to escape, and the remainder were freed following negotiations.
00:53The state is one of a handful in the country that have been troubled by criminal gangs, known as bandits,
00:58that launch raids and abduct for ransom.
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