Gunmen on motorcycles kill dozens of people in a string of attacks on villages in restive northwest of Nigeria, as authorities struggle to curb violence
Medics and residents say armed"bandits" attacked five villages in northwest Sokoto state, killing more than 70 people, but there was no immediate official comment on killings.Armed criminals on motorcycles killed dozens of people in a string of attacks on villages in the restive northwest of Nigeria, medics and residents said.
"We recovered 25 corpses in Garki, 13 in Dan Aduwa, 25 in Kuzari, seven in Katuma and four in Masawa," he told"People fled in all directions and were pursued by the attackers. So, the corpses were scattered."Medics at the nearby hospital said they initially received 60 corpses with gunshot wounds in the wake of the assaults.
Regional governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal said the attack came as a "rude shock" as security officials had recently visited the area to try to calm tensions.Northwestern Nigeria has been wracked by years of violence involving clashes between rival communities over land, attacks by heavily armed criminal gangs and reprisal killings by vigilante groups.Sabon Birni district, 175 km from the state capital Sokoto, has in recent times been repeatedly attacked by armed gangs.
The army said the bombing campaign had killed hundreds of "bandits" but there has been no independent confirmation of the death tolls. The Brussels-based researchers say Nigeria risked becoming a"land bridge" to fighters across the Sahel. The International Crisis Group warned last week that militant groups waging a decade-long insurgency in northeast Nigeria are gaining influence in the northwest of the country.
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