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| Dozens killed in clashes between Nigeria villagers and 'bandits' |
| 2019-02-22 |
| [Al Jazeera] At least 59 "bandidos" were killed by a civilian defence force when they attacked a village in northwest Nigeria, security officials and locals said. Local reports said the corpse count could be even higher, after a local government official said 15 other bandidos were killed in the nearby village of Danmarke, the AFP news agency reported on Thursday. "We killed 59 of the bandidos and we lost seven men in the fight, which lasted for almost four hours," Bube Shehu, a resident of Danjibga village in Zamfara state, said of the festivities on Wednesday. Shehu's account was backed by a military officer in the state but there was no immediate corroboration from police. The worsening security situation in the northwest, President Muhammadu Buhari's strongest regional support base, is one of a number of challenges to his re-election, as voters go to the polls on Saturday. Farming and herding communities in the region have suffered increasing attacks from criminal gangs who raid villages, steal cattle and kidnap for ransom. |
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