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Suspected cattle thieves kill 37 in Nigeria village: official

Gunmen suspected to be cattle thieves killed at least 37 people in a village in northern Nigeria's Zamfara state, a local government official said Monday.

"The gunmen killed 37 people in the attack on Cigama village shortly after they attacked Kokeya village where they killed two people," Muhammad Bala Gusami told AFP after Saturday's violence.

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