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Deadly bandit raid on Taraba village leaves dozens dead

Told the Associated Press on October 27 that the toll was not final while officers kept searching; police had recovered 58 bodies

Gunmen on motorcycles raided Binnari village in Taraba State on October 23, shooting residents and burning homes and shops. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) put the toll at 62 dead and 52 injured on October 27, with 5,187 residents displaced.

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"We were able to disperse the unknown gunmen though there was no casualty on their side and ours because the terrain is difficult and they're used to the terrain."

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"They looted shops and took cash, foodstuffs and other provisions. They also took motorcycles abandoned by people fleeing the attack."

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"We still have men on the ground, and the more we recover bodies, we will put them in account."

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