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, Reuters reports.
The police commissioner Olufemi Adenaike confirmed the incident, but did not give a death toll.
Although no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, it follows a trend by extremist Boko Haram sect, which has been behind deadly attacks on churches.
The attacks have claimed tens of lives and left many seriously injured and badly scarred.
Suspected Boko Haram members have in recent times targeted state officials and prominent Nigerians in Islamic worship centres in some parts of Northern Nigeria, killing some as well as their security aides.
In July, the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Ibn Abubakar Umar Garbai El-Kanemi, and the Borno State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Zanna Umar Mustapha, narrowly escaped being killed in a bomb last after observing Friday prayers at the Maiduguri Central Mosque.
The Emir of Fika, Alhaji Mohammed Ibn Abali Idris, escaped death in August when a suicide bomber targeted him for assassination. His police orderly, however, died in the attack.
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