The gang attacked two villages, Gobirawa and Sha Ka Wuce, in Nigeria's northwestern Katsina state late on Tuesday night.
KANO, Nigeria - A fleet of 150 gunmen on motorbikes rode into two villages in northern Nigeria, murdering at least 15 people, stealing cattle and torching houses, police said on Thursday.
In a separate incident, gunmen also broke into a girls' boarding school in Moriki in neighbouring Zamfara state, "with the intent to attack the school and abduct students", Zamfara police spokesman Mohammed Shehu said on Thursday.
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