Gunmen attack farming community, killing at least 15 in northwest Nigeria in latest deadly assault
Residents blocked a highway and urged troops after the attack, while officials said bandits also abducted an unspecified number of people.
- On Friday, bandits attacked Tungar Baure village in Zamfara state, killing 17 people and abducting an unspecified number, according to Yahaya Abubakar Yari, political administrator of Talata Mafara district.
- Communities in the district face persistent attacks from armed gangs due to insufficient security personnel, with groups kidnapping for ransom and taxing farming communities across northern and northwestern Nigeria.
- The attack occurred in the home district of junior defense minister Bello Muhammad Matawalle, who previously pledged to deploy 2,000 troops to combat the gangs; residents barricaded a highway demanding military protection.
- Lawmaker Abdullaziz Yari described the assault as a "terrorist attack" in a social media statement, while the International Monetary Fund warned such violence could "aggravate poverty and food insecurity" as farmers abandon their land.
- Despite repeated promises by President Bola Tinubu to curb the crisis, attacks continue against farming communities; an insurgency in northern Nigeria has killed thousands and displaced millions over the years.
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Gangs kill and kidnap people
A local official reported on Saturday that armed men belonging to criminal gangs had killed 17 farmers in an attack on a village in north-western Nigeria. Yahia Abubakar Yari, the director of Talata Mafara province, said that armed men on motorcycles had fired yesterday Friday in the village of Tongar Bauri in Zamfara State. Yari, who attended the funerals of the victims, said that "the criminals killed 17 people and abducted an unspecified numb…
Armed attack on farming community in Nigeria kills at least 15 people Armed militants attacked a farming community in Zamfara state in northwestern Nigeria, killing at least 15 people. The attack took place on Friday in the Talata-Mafara area.
Gunmen Kill 17 Farmers in Zamfara
Gunmen from criminal gangs killed 17 people during a violent raid on the rural farming village of Tungar Baure in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara State. The executive chairman of Talata Mafara Local Government Area, Yahaya Abubakar Yari, confirmed that the attackers stormed the community on motorcycles on Friday, opened fire on the residents, and abducted an unspecified number of people. Yari, who attended the victims’ funerals, blamed the persisten…
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