Gunmen kill 36 Nigerian miners in Zamfara state Published duration 8 November 2016

Gunmen have killed 36 gold miners in north-west Nigeria, police say.

The attackers overran a mining camp in the Maru district of Zamfara state, in the latest in a series of similar raids in the region.

The gunmen's motive is unclear. Zamfara governor Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar called the attack an "act of terrorism".

In July Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari sent special military units to fight armed gangs in based in the forests of Zamfara.