Camel-riding gunmen kill six in Nigeria

Gunmen riding camels and horses killed six people in a village in northeast Nigeria, a region beset by Islamist attacks, police said on Sunday.

“Armed bandits” launched a predawn attack on Thursday on Aljannaru, a village in Adamawa state, before encountering a local self-defence group, police spokesman Suleiman Nguroje said.

They “clashed with some hunters, which led to the killing of six (people)”, Nguroje said.

Bandit attacks in northern Nigeria have risen in recent years, targeting remote areas and livestock.

Villages in southern Adamawa have also been repeatedly attacked by Boko Haram jihadists, leading to the rise of hunters and other self-defence groups to fight them.