US EditionArmed Men on Motorbikes Kill 11, Kidnap 70 in Northwest Nigeria
ZAMFARA STATE, NIGERIA, AUG 4 – Bandit gangs on motorcycles killed 11 people and abducted over 60, including women and children, in villages disrupting farming and demanding ransoms, local chiefs confirmed.
- On Saturday, armed men on motorbikes raided Sabon Garin Damri village, Zamfara state, opening fire and abducting more than 60 people including women and children.
- In recent years, groups known locally as 'bandits' have killed hundreds and seized thousands across Zamfara state, often holding captives for months and demanding ransoms.
- According to villagers, residents of Sabon Garin Damri reported the attackers shot randomly from motorcycles before abducting villagers, and Sufiyanu Ibrahim said they kidnapped his wife and shot him in the leg.
- Zamfara police reported that as of Monday, residents of Sabon Garin Damri had heard nothing from the abductors, despite police arresting 2,109 suspects and freeing 175 victims from April to July.
- Despite these attacks, the region has seen a surge of mass abductions and unrest in recent years, especially in Zamfara state bordering Niger.
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The Canberra TimesArmed men on motorbikes kill 11, kidnap 70 in Nigeria
Armed "bandits" in Nigeria have taken at least 70 people in a mass kidnapping in the country's northwest.
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Armed men on motorbikes kill 11, kidnap 70 in northwest Nigeria
Armed men on motorbikes killed 11 people and kidnapped at least 70 others, including women and children, in a village in northwest Nigeria, witnesses said, in a region plagued by mass abductions and unrest.
Armed men on motorbikes kidnap more than 60 in northwest Nigeria
MAIDUGURI - Armed men on motorbikes raided a village in northwestern Nigeria and kidnapped more than 60 people including women and children, witnesses said, in a region that has seen a surge of mass abductions. Read more at straitstimes.com.
At least 11 people were killed and dozens more, mostly women and children, kidnapped in an attack by gunmen on a village in Nigeria's northwestern Zamfara state overnight Saturday, local residents told Reuters. Residents said the gunmen arrived on motorbikes in the village of Spongari Damri and opened fire indiscriminately on residents, killing 11 before abducting many more. An eyewitness said at least 70 people, mostly women and children, were …
Armed men on motorcycles killed 11 people and captured at least 70 people, including women and children, in an hour north-west of Nigeria, reported more witnesses. The region is affected by mass kidnappings and violence.
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