At least 170 people have been killed by a mob of gunmen in Nigeria, a local lawmaker has told the Reuters news agency. The attack on the remote village of Woro on Tuesday is among the deadliest of the year so far in a country currently rocked by sectarian violence. The jihadist raiders had demanded villagers embrace Sharia law, survivors told Reuters. When they pushed back the militants opened fire. Residents were rounded up, with their hands bound behind their backs before being executed,

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