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THE UNITED STATES HAS CONDEMNED THE DEADLY ATTACK ON COMMUNITIES IN KAIAMA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KWARA STATE, AS CONFLICTING CASUALTY FIGURES EMERGE FROM THE INCIDENT THAT HAS SPARKED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL OUTRAGE.
WHILE THE NIGERIAN POLICE FORCE SAID 75 PERSONS WERE CONFIRMED KILLED IN THE ASSAULT ON WORO AND NUKU COMMUNITIES, LOCAL SOURCES AND INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS PUT THE DEATH TOLL SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.
IN A STATEMENT ON ITS SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLE, THE US MISSION IN NIGERIA DESCRIBED THE ATTACK AS HORRIFIC, SAYING MORE THAN 160 PEOPLE WERE FEARED DEAD, WITH MANY STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR.
THE REACTION ADDS TO INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION OF THE ATTACK, WHICH HAD EARLIER DRAWN REBUKES FROM THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKIYE.
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