- Two days after armed men abducted scores of students from a university in the state, gunmen in Nigeria killed eight people on Sunday and kidnapped at least 60 more in two communities in northwest Zamfara state, according to locals and a traditional leader.
- According to a police source and a driver who saw the incident, suspected Islamic terrorists ambushed a convoy of cars that were being escorted by the military in the northeast of the country, killing two troops and four civilians. The attackers set fire to five vehicles and drove off with one truck, the witness said.
- Bola Tinubu, the president, has not yet explained how he will address the pervasive insecurity. His economic changes, like as eliminating an expensive gasoline subsidy and devaluing the naira, have made leaving more expensive, infuriating the populace.
- Locals said that gunmen tried to attack a forward army base in a rural Magami town of Zamfara early on Sunday but were repulsed. One of the states most frequently targeted by armed gangs known as bandits in kidnappings for ransom is Zamfara.
- A traditional chief who wished to remain anonymous for security reasons claimed that three groups of gunmen assaulted the army base, the settlements of Magami and Kabasa, and the army base itself. He said that 60 people—mostly women and kids—were abducted.
- “The bandits rode many motorcycles with guns and other weapons (and) were shooting sporadically,” Shuaibu Haruna, a resident of Magami, told Reuters by telephone.
- Four people were killed during the attack, said Haruna, who attended their burial.
- Two days after armed men abducted scores of students from a university in the state, gunmen in Nigeria killed eight people on Sunday and kidnapped at least 60 more in two communities in northwest Zamfara state, according to locals and a traditional leader.
- According to a police source and a driver who saw the incident, suspected Islamic terrorists ambushed a convoy of cars that were being escorted by the military in the northeast of the country, killing two troops and four civilians. The attackers set fire to five vehicles and drove off with one truck, the witness said.
- Bola Tinubu, the president, has not yet explained how he will address the pervasive insecurity. His economic changes, like as eliminating an expensive gasoline subsidy and devaluing the naira, have made leaving more expensive, infuriating the populace.
- Locals said that gunmen tried to attack a forward army base in a rural Magami town of Zamfara early on Sunday but were repulsed. One of the states most frequently targeted by armed gangs known as bandits in kidnappings for ransom is Zamfara.
- A traditional chief who wished to remain anonymous for security reasons claimed that three groups of gunmen assaulted the army base, the settlements of Magami and Kabasa, and the army base itself. He said that 60 people—mostly women and kids—were abducted.
- “The bandits rode many motorcycles with guns and other weapons (and) were shooting sporadically,” Shuaibu Haruna, a resident of Magami, told Reuters by telephone.
- Four people were killed during the attack, said Haruna, who attended their burial.
Source:
Reuters
