Banditry: Gunmen Kill At Least 40 In Niger State - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 13, 2019
Atleast 40 people have died and dozens were injured in raids by armed bandits ineight remote Nigerian villages, the emergency services said on Thursday.
Groupsof gunmen riding motorcycles stormed into the farming and herding villages inShiroro district of central Niger state on Sunday, firing indiscriminately andstealing cattle.
NigerState Emergency Management Agency spokesman Ibrahim Audu Hussein said for now,40 bodies have been recovered.
Hesaid Search and rescue teams are still recovering bodies in the bush and thefinal toll will be announced later,” he said.
Dozensof people were injured in the raids which forced over 2,000 villagers out oftheir homes, he added.
Husseinsaid the bandits took away hundreds of herds of cattle from the villages.
Thevillages include Kwaki, Ajatayi, Gwassa, Barden Dawaki, Alewa and Sarkin Pawa.
Newsof the attacks was slow to emerge due to the “difficult terrain” and poortelecommunication in the area, said Salihu Garba, another emergency official.