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Jihadist militants on motorcycles attack Nigerian village, kill over 100
September 05, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: Members of the jihadist Islamist organization Boko Haram attacked a village in Yobe State (map), Nigeria, killing over 100.
The massacre comes a week after a massacre of hundreds of civilians in Burkina Faso, part of the ongoing Islamist insurgency in the nearby Sahel. Pope Francis condemned the Burkina Faso massacre on September 1.
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