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Dozens dead in weekend violence in Nigeria

JOS, Nigeria, July 9 (UPI) -- Weekend attacks in Nigeria left several dozen people dead, including two lawmakers killed at a funeral, authorities said.

State House of Assembly Majority Leader Gyang Fulani and Sen. Gyang Dalyop Dantog were among an undetermined number of people slain during an attack by gunmen Saturday afternoon at a funeral for those killed in an earlier massacre, the Nigerian newspaper Leadership reported.

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The funeral had been for 50 people found killed in a church in the area, the newspaper said.

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