Gunmen kill at least 10 people in eastern Nigeria, police say

Nigerian police say a large group carried out the attack on Binnari village in Taraba State.

Police officers gather at the scene of an attack by gunmen in Gari Ya Waye community in Jos North, Nigeria, on, March 30, 2026 [Samson Omale/AP]

Gunmen have killed at least 10 people in an attack ⁠⁠on a village in eastern Nigeria, police said, as the country continues to battle banditry and armed groups in several parts of Nigeria.

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.

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According to police, the attackers also looted food from shops.

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.

Amnesty International also said that while police ⁠had earlier confirmed the killing of 10 people, more bodies were recovered later on Saturday.

The gunmen opened fire just after Friday prayers, residents said.

“After the attackers left, we counted more than 20 bodies, and some people were still missing,” Binnari resident Sa’idu Nuhu told AFP.

Resident Isiyaku Musa also gave a death toll of at least 20.

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

“They looted shops and took cash, foodstuffs and other provisions. They also took motorcycles abandoned by people fleeing the attack,” Saifullahi said.

Amnesty International criticised the Nigerian authorities, saying they “continue to leave rural communities in some parts of the north at the mercy of gunmen that are repeatedly committing atrocities with impunity”.

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.

Taraba, a central-eastern state, also faces the non-ideological threat of “bandit” gangs.

Bandits raid villages, kidnap people for ransom, and levy “taxes” on farmers or miners in rural areas of Nigeria with little state presence.

Nigeria has also been fighting an armed rebellion since Boko Haram’s 2009 uprising.

Separately, on Saturday, the Nigerian military said it had killed 15 “terrorists” in northeastern Borno state in an air strike.

尼日利亚警方称，一大群人对塔拉巴州宾纳里村发动了袭击。

2026年3月30日，尼日利亚乔斯北部加里亚瓦耶社区发生枪手袭击事件，警察聚集在现场。[Samson Omale/AP]

警方称，武装分子袭击尼日利亚东部一个村庄，造成至少 10 人死亡。与此同时，尼日利亚多个地区仍在与匪徒和武装团体作斗争。

尼日利亚警方周六表示，截至周五晚间，在塔拉巴州宾纳里村遭到一大群骑摩托车的枪手袭击后，已找到 10 具尸体。

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据警方称，袭击者还从商店抢劫了食物。

幸存者告诉法新社，至少有 20 人丧生，而人权组织国际特赦组织周六发表声明称，死亡人数为 40 人。

国际特赦组织还表示，虽然警方早些时候已确认有 10 人遇害，但周六晚些时候又发现了更多尸体。

居民称，枪手在周五祈祷结束后不久便开火射击。

“袭击者离开后，我们清点了 20 多具尸体，还有一些人失踪了，”宾纳里居民赛义杜·努胡告诉法新社。

居民伊西亚库·穆萨也表示死亡人数至少为 20 人。

社区领袖马拉姆·阿布巴卡尔·赛福拉希告诉法新社，袭击者乘坐大约 50 辆摩托车，每辆摩托车上两人，抵达村庄后进行了袭击。

“他们洗劫了商店，抢走了现金、食品和其他物资。他们还抢走了逃离袭击者遗弃的摩托车，”赛福拉希说。

国际特赦组织批评尼日利亚当局，称他们“继续放任北部一些地区的农村社区任由枪手肆意妄为，这些枪手屡次犯下暴行却逍遥法外”。

在尼日利亚西北部和中部，匪患日益严重，强大的匪帮与捉襟见肘的警察和军队在难以到达的农村地区展开激战。

位于中东部的塔拉巴州也面临着“土匪”团伙带来的非意识形态威胁。

在尼日利亚国家势力薄弱的农村地区，土匪袭击村庄，绑架人质勒索赎金，并向农民或矿工征收“税款”。

自2009年博科圣地发动叛乱以来，尼日利亚也一直在与武装叛乱作斗争。

另据报道，尼日利亚军方周六表示，在东北部博尔诺州的一次空袭中，他们击毙了 15 名“恐怖分子”。