20 shot dead outside Nigeria mosque: military

Armed robbers opened fire on a group of people as they left prayers at a mosque in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna on Sunday, killing about 20, a military spokesman said.

“It is clear case of armed robbery” Lieutenant Colonel Sani Usman told AFP, confirming the shooting outside the mosque in the village of Dogo Dawa. “The last time I spoke with my (contact) in the area, he said it was 20 people dead.”