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Gunmen kill 11 relatives of security volunteer in northwest Nigeria, abduct 13

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📍 Nigeria, NG·🕐 23h ago·2 outlets

KANO, Nov 9 - Gunmen killed a local security volunteer and 10 of his relatives, burned their bodies, torched their home and abducted 13 others in a weekend attack on a village in northwestern Nigeria's Zamfara state, police said on Monday.

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[Claude] Report 2 describes the same gunmen raid on a village, with the same 11 killed, and adds details such as the abductions and the victims' link to a security volunteer, which do not conflict with Report

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