Bandits kill 39 in Nigeria’s Kaduna and Niger states

Bandits killed at least 39 people in an attack on some communities in Nigeria’s Kaduna and Niger states.

While 11 people were killed in Kaduna on Sunday, 28 were killed in Niger state on January 29, 2022.

The Kaduna state government confirmed the attack on Kurmin Masara in Zangon Kataf local government in which 40 people were injured.

In the attack on Galadima-Kogo and Galkogo communities of Shiroro Local Council in Nigeria state, more than 66 people were injured.

The Kaduna state government on Monday reported that more than 30 houses were burnt in the attack.

According to the government, the injured were evacuated for treatment while search and rescue operations and pursuit of the attackers were in progress.

The Kaduna state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs Samuel Aruwan said in a statement that troops of the Nigerian Air Force Special Forces who responded to distress calls from the area also fell into an ambush as they mobilised to the scene of the attack but no operative was killed.