1st LD: Gunmen kill at least 30 in NW Nigeria attack
Xinhua,April 21, 2018 Adjust font size:
LAGOS, April 21 (Xinhua) -- At least 30 people were killed and scores of others wounded following another attack by bandits in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara, local officials confirmed on Saturday.
The bandits unleashed terror in Danmani and Kabaro communities in Maru area of the state between late Thursday and early Friday, Salisu Dangulbi, a local government official told Xinhua.
Dangulbi said many villagers had fled their homes due to fear of more attacks.
Security operatives were deployed to the communities on Friday, to forestall further attacks, he noted.
A police spokesman in the state told Xinhua that three of the suspected bandits have now been arrested by security operatives.
On April 11, scores of people lost their lives when bandits attacked two villages in another area of the state.
More than a dozen attacks have been recorded in the northern state since the beginning of the year despite efforts to calm the situation by the Buhari administration.
Last month, Nigerian leader Muhammadu Buhari had ordered deployment of troops to Zamfara to end the incessant killings in the state since last year.
This led to the deployment of Air Force and Army personnel to the state to contain the situation. Enditem