{"id":11197,"date":"2026-10-24T23:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T23:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=11197"},"modified":"2026-10-24T23:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T23:31:15","slug":"gunmen-kill-at-least-10-people-in-eastern-nigeria-police-say-police-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=11197","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen kill at least 10 people in eastern Nigeria, police say | Police News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Published On 24 Oct 2026<\/span>24 Oct 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Gunmen have killed at least 10 people in an attack \u2060\u2060on a village in eastern Nigeria, police said, as the country continues to battle banditry and armed groups in several parts of Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Nigerian police said on Saturday that 10 bodies had been recovered as of Friday evening after a large group of gunmen on motorcycles attacked Binnari village in Taraba State.<\/p>\n

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According to police, the attackers also looted food from shops.<\/p>\n

Survivors told the AFP news agency that at least 20 people were killed, while human rights group Amnesty International said in a statement on Saturday that the death toll was 40.<\/p>\n

Amnesty International also said that while police \u2060had earlier confirmed the killing of 10 people, more bodies were recovered later on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The gunmen opened fire just after Friday prayers, residents said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the attackers left, we counted more than 20 bodies, and some people were still missing,\u201d Binnari resident Sa\u2019idu Nuhu told AFP.<\/p>\n

Resident Isiyaku Musa also\u00a0gave a death toll of at least 20.<\/p>\n

Malam Abubakar Saifullahi, a community leader, told AFP that the attackers arrived on about 50 motorcycles, two men apiece, before raiding the village.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey looted shops and took cash, foodstuffs and other provisions. They also took motorcycles abandoned by people fleeing the attack,\u201d Saifullahi said.<\/p>\n

Amnesty International criticised the Nigerian authorities, saying they \u201ccontinue to leave rural communities in some parts of the north at the mercy of gunmen that are repeatedly committing atrocities with impunity\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Banditry has become a growing issue in northwest and central Nigeria, with powerful gangs battling overstretched police and military across hard-to-reach, rural locations.<\/p>\n

Taraba, a central-eastern state, also faces the non-ideological threat of \u201cbandit\u201d gangs.<\/p>\n

Bandits raid villages, kidnap people for ransom, and levy \u201ctaxes\u201d on farmers or miners in rural areas of Nigeria with little state presence.<\/p>\n

Nigeria has also been fighting an armed rebellion since Boko Haram\u2019s 2009 uprising.<\/p>\n

Separately, on Saturday, the Nigerian military said it had killed 15 \u201cterrorists\u201d in northeastern Borno state in an air strike.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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