Title: Nigeria: Seven Worshippers Killed in Mosque Attack in Kaduna State

The Nigerian police announced on Saturday that at least seven worshippers were killed in an attack by gunmen on a mosque in Kaduna State, northwestern Nigeria. Kaduna police spokesperson Mansur Haruna stated via phone that "the attack occurred in the remote village of Saya in the Ikara local government area of Kaduna State late last night while the worshippers were preparing to pray." He added that "two others were injured during the attack and were taken to the hospital for treatment." Armed gangs have wreaked havoc in northwestern Nigeria over the past three years, kidnapping thousands and killing hundreds, making road travel or agricultural work unsafe in some areas. These attacks have overwhelmed Nigeria's security forces, already strained by a 14-year-long insurgency by Islamist militants in the northeastern part of the country, as well as violent clashes between farmers and herders, sectarian conflicts in the central region, and increasing attacks by a separatist group in the southeastern area.