Gunmen opened fire on a cattle market in northern Nigeria late Wednesday, killing in any case 34 people while burning it to the floor.
The attack within the city of Potiskum left greater than 20 people injured. Scores of livestock were also killed, stolen or maimed.
Witnesses say the attack followed an earlier incident where the crowd sought to rob traders on the market. Some of the robbers was caught while attempting to escape and burned to death.
The gunmen returned later that night shooting indiscriminately on the market and throwing explosives.
Radical Islamist group Boko Haram is blamed for dozens of attacks around the north. But cattle raids within the region are common, and it was not immediately clear who was answerable for this latest one.
Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.
From WhatNewsToday.net
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