15 traders shot dead in Nigeria

Nigeria News.Net
Thursday 26th January, 2012

Fifteen traders were shot dead by gunmen at a market in northeastern Nigeria Thursday, police said.

They victims had gone to Birninmagaji market in Zamfara state to sell their goods.

The attackers had barricaded a road to rob traders of their belongings, Xinhua reported.

The bodies were later set ablaze by the hoodlums, who then escaped into the bush.

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