At least 19 people have been shot or hacked to death in a brutal attack in a village in north-west Nigeria, police say.

尼日利亚警方称，西北部地区一座村庄遭到野蛮袭击，至少19人被射杀或砍死。

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At least 19 people have been shot or hacked to death in a brutal attack in a village in north - west Nigeria, police say.

尼日利亚警方称，西北部地区一座村庄遭到野蛮袭击，至少19人被射杀或砍死。

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Militants are increasingly targeting oil facilities in Nigeria with both Chevron and Shell assets coming under attack in recent days.

武装分子越来越多地瞄准尼日利亚的石油设施，雪佛龙和壳牌公司的资产都在最近几天里受到袭击。

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Shortly prior to its ceasefire announcement MEND had carried out its boldest attack against Nigeria's oil installations since it launched its campaign of violence in late 2005, when an attack on Shell's Bongo facility, 120km out to sea, forced the Anglo-Dutch major temporarily to halt production equivalent to about 10% of Nigeria's output, and to declare force majeure.

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In January 2012, Boko Haram launched a coordinated attack in Kano, northern Nigeria's largest city, that killed at least 185 people as well.

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