{"id":81378,"date":"2022-01-10T16:54:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T16:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=81378"},"modified":"2022-01-10T16:54:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T16:54:49","slug":"at-least-200-dead-in-bandit-attacks-in-northwest-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/africa\/81378-at-least-200-dead-in-bandit-attacks-in-northwest-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 200 dead in bandit attacks in northwest Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/IMG_20220110_202040_736.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/IMG_20220110_202040_736.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/IMG_20220110_202040_736-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/IMG_20220110_202040_736-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/IMG_20220110_202040_736-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/01\/IMG_20220110_202040_736-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>An estimated 200 people were killed and 10,000 displaced in attacks by armed bandits in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara following military air raids on their hideouts last week.<br \/>A spokesperson for Sadiya Umar Farouq, minister of humanitarian affairs, said more than 200 bodies were buried.<br \/>\u201cWe are very saddened by this incessant invasion, and we also worried about the displaced persons who are fleeing in their hundreds from their communities,\u201d Nneka Ikem Anibeze said on Sunday.<br \/>Farouq called the past week\u2019s attacks in Zamfara state \u201chorrific and tragic,\u201d giving the first official toll after details began filtering out early Saturday.<br \/>The minister said more 10,000 people were displaced when \u201ctheir homes were razed by the bandits while scores are still missing\u201d.<br \/>The state government had previously said 58 people were killed in the attacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An estimated 200 people were killed and 10,000 displaced in attacks by armed bandits in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara following military air raids on their hideouts last week.A spokesperson for Sadiya Umar Farouq, minister of humanitarian affairs, said more than 200 bodies were buried.\u201cWe are very saddened by this incessant invasion, and we &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":81377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,31,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-news","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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