{"id":5830,"date":"2018-05-07T14:33:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T14:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5830-armed-bandits-kill-45-in-nigeria-s-kaduna-state\/"},"modified":"2018-05-07T14:33:33","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T14:33:33","slug":"armed-bandits-kill-45-in-nigeria-s-kaduna-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/5830-armed-bandits-kill-45-in-nigeria-s-kaduna-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed bandits kill 45 in Nigeria\u2019s Kaduna state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some 45 people have been killed in an attack by armed bandits on villagers in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Some 45 people have been killed in an attack by armed bandits on villagers in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna.<\/h4>\n<h4>Civilian militia members in Kaduna said on Sunday that bandits who attacked Gwaska village a day earlier were from the neighboring Zamfara state.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cThe attackers were obviously armed bandits from neighboring Zamfara state who have been terrorizing Birnin Gwari area&#8230;,\u201d said a vigilante on condition of anonymity, adding, &#8220;The 45 bodies were found scattered in the bush. The bandits pursued residents who mobilized to defend the village after overpowering them.\u201d<\/h4>\n<h4>The vigilante said those dead in the attack which took place at about 2:30pm (1330 GMT) Saturday included children abandoned by their parents.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u201cThey burnt down many homes,\u201d he said, adding that the bandits returned to their base in the forest in Zamfara after staying in the area for three hours.<\/h4>\n<h4>Kaduna state police confirmed the attack with Mukhtar Aliyu, a spokesman, saying it was carried out by armed bandits. Two similar attacks killed 25 people last week in northern Nigeria, most of them in clashes between cattle thieves and local civilian militia in Zamfara.<\/h4>\n<h4>Nigeria is faced with a diverse range of security threats in its northern regions where police and judicial system have failed to function properly.<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some 45 people have been killed in an attack by armed bandits on villagers in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna. \u00a0 \u00a0 Some 45 people have been killed in an attack by armed bandits on villagers in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna. 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