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Suspected cattle rustlers kill 36 miners in Nigeria: government

By AFP
Nigeria Gunmen believed to be cattle rustlers have killed 36 miners in northern Nigeria, the government and residents said, the latest in a long-running series of such raids.  By Pius Utomi Ekpei AFPFile
NOV 8, 2016 LISTEN
Gunmen believed to be cattle rustlers have killed 36 miners in northern Nigeria, the government and residents said, the latest in a long-running series of such raids. By Pius Utomi Ekpei (AFP/File)

Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - Gunmen believed to be cattle rustlers have killed 36 miners in northern Nigeria, the government and residents said Tuesday, the latest in a long-running series of such raids.

Motorcycle-riding gunmen suspected to be cattle thieves invaded a goldmine late Monday outside Bindin village in northern Zamfara state, shooting dead miners and gold merchants. Many local herders turn to mining to boost their income.

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