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Gunmen \u200cattacked worshippers in Dekara village on Friday taking women, children and older people<\/p>\n

An armed group has posted a video showing what \u2060residents said were about \u2060600 women, children and \u200bolder people abducted in an attack on a mosque in Nigeria\u2019s north-central Niger State last week.<\/p>\n

The video, posted on Facebook and WhatsApp, \u2060showed large groups of people seated in a forested area surrounded by armed men. Several children could be heard crying in the background.<\/p>\n

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