This time in Nigeria, 20 people were killed in a gun attack

At least 20 people have been killed in a gun attack in Nigeria's Sokoto state. Reuters quoted local sources as saying.

It is learned that the attack took place in a market and several vehicles.

Idris Gobir, a special adviser to the minister of police in Sokoto, said armed men on motorcycles opened fire sporadically, killing several people.

A Sokoto police spokesman confirmed the attack but did not immediately say how many people were killed.

Meanwhile, Hussein Boza, a local member of parliament in Sokoto, blamed insecurity for the attack.

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