Gunmen kidnap at least 50 in Nigeria’s Zamfara state, residents and police say ...Middle East

MAIDUGURI: A gang of gunmen kidnapped more than 50 women and children in a raid on Kakin Dawa village in Nigeria’s northwest Zamfara state, police and residents said.Kidnapping for ransom by gunmen, known by locals as bandits, is rife in northwest Nigeria due to high levels of poverty, unemployment and the proliferation of illegal firearms.Zamfara police said the incident took place on Sunday and that additional security forces were being deployed to the area.Residents said dozens of assailants riding on motorcycles arrived in the village at around 1230 GMT, armed with assault rifles, and went from house to house kidnapping residents.“Later we found out that they kidnapped more than 50 women

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Gunmen kidnap at least 50 in Nigeria’s Zamfara state, residents and police say ...Middle East

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