Gunmen kill 20 at mosque in northern Nigeria

KADUNA: Gunmen opened fire on Muslim worshippers as they were leaving a mosque in northern Nigeria on Sunday, killing at least 20 people, a local official said.

The attack happened in a remote village called Dogo Dawa, in Kaduna state, said Abdullahi Muhammad, the traditional ruler and councillor of Birnin Gwari, a local government area next door to the village.

The state police commissioner Olufemi Adenaike confirmed the incident, but did not give a death toll.(REUTERS)