枪手在尼日尔州村庄攻击中打死15人,后来又有两人死亡;军方和美国作出反应。 Gunmen killed 15 in Niger State village attacks, with two more dying later; military and U.S. respond.

据大赦国际说,枪手在2026年2月28日星期六对尼日尔邦博尔古地方政府地区的Tashan Maje、Saduro和Runtuwa三个村庄进行协同袭击时至少杀害了15人。 Gunmen killed at least 15 people in coordinated attacks on three villages—Tashan Maje, Saduro, and Runtuwa—in Niger State’s Borgu Local Government Area on Saturday, February 28, 2026, according to Amnesty International. 据报,袭击者乘坐摩托车,不分青红皂白地开火,抢掠商店,加剧了尼日利亚北部持续的安全危机,极端主义团体和犯罪团伙都为此火上浇油。 Attackers, reportedly on motorcycles, opened fire indiscriminately and looted shops, escalating an ongoing security crisis in northern Nigeria fueled by both extremist groups and criminal gangs. 3月1日,又有两名受害者因在袭击中受伤而死亡,导致死亡人数增至15人。 Two additional victims died on March 1 from injuries sustained in the assault, raising the death toll to 15. 尼日利亚军方报告了最近的行动,逮捕了20人,没收了武器、毒品、被盗石油和牲畜。 The Nigerian military reported recent operations resulting in 20 arrests and seizures of weapons, drugs, stolen oil, and livestock. 美国宣布计划派遣部队协助训练尼日利亚军队, 而尼日利亚政府则拒绝宗教迫害指控, 强调该地区暴力的复杂、非宗教性质。 The U.S. announced plans to send troops to assist in training Nigeria’s military, while the Nigerian government rejected claims of religious persecution, emphasizing the region’s complex, non-religious nature of violence.