Gunmen attack mosque in Nigeria and kidnap 19 worshipers

Gunmen attack mosque in Nigeria and kidnap 19 worshipers

Gunmen kidnapped 19 Muslim worshipers after attacking a mosque in northwestern Nigeria. According to French news agency AFP, police officials in Nigeria said the attackers prayed on Saturday night. During an attack on a mosque in the village of Maigamji, Katsina state, the mosque's imam and a worshiper were shot and injured. 

Local police spokesman Gambo Isah said they abducted 19 worshipers after the shooting. Our team hunted down the robbers and managed to save six believers from the kidnappers while efforts are underway to rescue 13 others.

He added that the two injured were being treated at the hospital. Criminal gangs are widespread in north-west and central Nigeria. They are involved in burning houses. 

The hostages are usually released after paying a ransom to the gangs taking refuge in the vast Rogo Forest. According to authorities, 15 people were killed and dozens wounded in attacks by bandits on villages in Kaduna state last month. 

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is under intense pressure to end the violence before he resigns at the end of his eight-year term next year.

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