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Reprisals feared in Nigeria after bombing of 40 pastoralists

Herders graze their livestock in Nigeria's northern state of Kaduna, November 15, 2016. [Reuters]

Officials in Nigeria say the death toll from an attack on animal herders has risen to 40.

The strike took place Wednesday in Rukubi, a village on the border between Nigeria's Nassarawa and Benue states, a region known for ethnic and religious conflict.

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