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A Nigerian military unit deployed to stop the fighting between Christian and Muslim ethnic groups heads to a troubled spot in Jos, Plateau State on April 2, 2011. [File, AFP]
Unidentified gunmen in Nigeria's restive Plateau state killed 14 people in an ambush Thursday as they returned home from a weekly market, local residents and a Red Cross official told AFP.
The north-central state has long been gripped by conflicts over dwindling land and attacks by armed gangs known as "bandits", mostly across rural areas where government presence is sparse and impunity is almost guaranteed.
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