US EditionArmed group in Nigeria kills 38 people and abducts others during attack
The raid in Tungan Duste killed 38 and abducted many amid Nigeria's ongoing security crisis involving armed bandits and extremist groups, police said.
- Zamfara State police said last week that armed attackers killed 38 and abducted residents in Tungan Duste, a community in the Anka local government area.
- Zamfara State has long faced insecurity from bandits who loot villages and kidnap residents, while Lakurawa's emergence in recent years has worsened violence, with armed gangs using forest bases spanning Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna, Sokoto, Kebbi, and Niger.
- Authorities say they received intelligence Thursday but poor road access blocked police response, and investigators are compiling lists of abducted women and children after attackers besieged Dutse Dan Ajiya, local legislator Hamisu Faru reported 50 deaths and said `the bandits came from Gando forest`.
- The African Union on Sunday condemned the attack and called for the release of abducted women and children, while the Nigerian army has increased deployments to the region.
- In neighbouring Kebbi last week, 33 people were killed in simultaneous attacks, amid a broader insurgency that has left more than 40,000 dead and two million displaced since 2009, the U.N. said.
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By TUNDE OMELEHIN Police in Nigeria reported Monday that 38 people were killed and others kidnapped in an attack last week in the northwestern state of Zamfara. Authorities received intelligence ahead of the attack on Thursday, but a lack of road access prevented police from reaching the area in time, state police spokesman Yazid Abubakar told The Associated Press. “By the time we managed to break through, the attackers had already invaded the c…
Armed group in Nigeria kills 38 people, abducts others during attack - OrissaPOST
Abuja (Nigeria): Police in Nigeria say 38 people were killed and others were abducted in an attack last week in northwestern Zamfara state. Authorities received intelligence before the attack Thursday, but a lack of road access prevented police from reaching the area in time, state police spokesperson Yazid Abubakar told The Associated Press. “By the time we have our way, the assailants have invaded the community and killed 38 while also abducti…
Attackers kill at least 50, abduct women and children in Nigeria’s Zamfara state
At least 50 people have been killed and several women and children abducted following a deadly attack on a village in northwestern Nigeria’s Zamfara state, a lawmaker has confirmed. Hamisu A. Faru, the lawmaker representing Bukkuyum South, told Reuters that armed men stormed Tungan Dutse village at about 5 p.m. on Thursday and continued the assault until around 3:30 a.m. on Friday. According to Faru, the attackers moved from one community to ano…
Armed men killed at least 38 people in the town of Dutse Dan Ajiya, in the state of Zamfara, in northwestern Nigeria, on Thursday to Friday, police and local representatives told the AFP on Saturday. In addition to jihadists, local armed groups called “bandidos” terrorize Zamfara and states of [...] The post Armed men kill at least 38 people in Nigeria appeared first on Diario Digital Cronio de El Salvador.
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