Gunmen killed at least 48 people in attacks on three villages in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, a local official and residents said Sunday. Dozens of gunmen on motorcycles entered the three villages in coordinated attacks, shooting people as they tried to flee, Suleiman said. The worst hit was Damri where the gunmen killed 32 people, Suleiman told AFP, including patients at a hospital. In early January, gunmen killed more than 200 people in Zamfara state. According to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED), bandits killed 2,600 civilians in 2021, an increase of 250 percent from 2020.

Source: The Guardian May 08, 2022 15:15 UTC