Gunmen on Tuesday killed 11 security personnel, including seven policemen and four vigilantes, in attacks in central and northwestern Nigeria, in the latest violence blamed heavily armed criminal gangs.
Gunmen killed seven police officers and four militiamen in attacks in central and northwestern Nigeria on Tuesday, the latest violence blamed on heavily armed criminal gangs.
Gunmen on Tuesday killed 11 security personnel, including seven police officers and four vigilantes, in attacks in central and northwestern Nigeria.
Northwest and central Nigeria have been terrorized for years by gangs who raid and loot villages, steal cattle and carry out mass abductions of residents for ransom.
The attacks have intensified, despite military attempts to drive bandits out of their camps in forests.
In the first attack on Tuesday, scores of bandits stormed a police station in central Niger State’s Magama District at about midday, leading to a gunfight with policemen and local militia, Niger police spokesman Wasiu Biodun said in a