Two people have been killed and about 115 farmers, mainly women and children, abducted in Faskari Local Government Area in Nigeria’s Katsina State. The attack is believed to be linked to the interception of a ransom intended to secure the release of hostages, according to a resident and activist Shamsudeen Faskari.
Two people have been killed and about 115 farmers, mainly women and children, abducted in Faskari Local Government Area in Nigeria’s Katsina State. The attack is believed to be linked to the interception of a ransom intended to secure the release of hostages, according to a resident and activist Shamsudeen Faskari.
Fourteen bandits were killed in a shootout with hunters at Gidan Wawo, in Nigeria’s Katsina State, while a hunter and a traveller also died. Security forces had been alerted to the arrival of 26 armed men, according to the Katsina government.
Fourteen men suspected of belonging to armed gangs were killed in a clash with community hunters in Gidan Wawo, Katsina State, Nigeria. A hunter and a traveller also died, while three occupants of the attacked vehicle were rescued, according to the state’s Commissioner for Internal Security.