{"id":981,"date":"2026-10-24T22:03:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T22:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/24\/we-counted-over-20-bodies-after-attackers-left-taraba-massacre-survivors\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T22:03:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T22:03:39","slug":"we-counted-over-20-bodies-after-attackers-left-taraba-massacre-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/24\/we-counted-over-20-bodies-after-attackers-left-taraba-massacre-survivors\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We counted over 20 bodies after attackers left\u2019 \u2013 Taraba massacre survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gunmen swarmed a rural Nigerian village on motorcycles and killed at least 20 people, survivors told AFP on Saturday, in the latest attack in the country\u2019s northeast.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>The attackers opened fire just after Friday prayers in the rural village of Binnari, in Taraba state, residents said.<\/p>\n

Northeastern Nigeria is home to a long-running jihadist insurgency, though Taraba, located toward the centre of the country, also faces non-ideological \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

\u201cPeople were running in different directions to escape the attack. Nobody knew where it was safe to go,\u201d said Binnari resident Isiyaku Musa.<\/p>\n

He and Sa\u2019idu Nuhu both gave a death toll of at least 20.<\/p>\n

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

Police say 10<\/h4>\n

Police gave a lower toll, saying 10 bodies had been recovered as of Friday evening.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Nigerian authorities continue to leave rural communities in some parts of the north at the mercy of gunmen that are repeatedly commit atrocities with impunity,\u201d Amnesty International Nigeria said.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsistent failure of the authorities to bring the suspected perpetrators to justice is clearly emboldening impunity,\u201d the rights group said on social media.<\/p>\n

Malam Abubakar Saifullahi, a community leader, said 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

Banditry has become a growing issue in northwest and central Nigeria, with powerful gangs \u2013 motivated by money rather than ideology \u2013 battling overstretched police and military across hard-to-reach, rural locations.<\/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

Nigeria has been fighting a jihadist insurgency since Boko Haram\u2019s 2009 uprising.<\/p>\n

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