Local residents however said up to 43 villagers were killed in the attack late Thursday. “Thirty-five people were killed by the bandits in the five villages,” state police spokesman Mohammed Shehu told AFP. Motorcycle-riding gunmen launched coordinated attacks on remote villages of Gidan Adamu, Tsauni, Gidan Baushi, Gidan Maidawa and Wari in Maradun district, shooting residents and burning homes. On Wednesday, bandits killed 18 people when they raided Tsauwa village in neighbouring Katsina state. Last month, 53 were killed when bandits raided six villages in Zamfara’s Zurmi district.

Source: The Guardian July 10, 2021 12:00 UTC