{"id":64942,"date":"2018-05-07T05:52:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T05:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=64942"},"modified":"2018-05-07T05:52:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T05:52:18","slug":"at-least-45-people-killed-after-bandits-attack-nigerian-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/at-least-45-people-killed-after-bandits-attack-nigerian-village.html","title":{"rendered":"At least 45 people killed after bandits attack Nigerian village"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">At least 45 people killed after bandits attack Nigerian village<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">At least 45 people were killed when armed bandits attacked a remote village in northwest Nigeria, officials said.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The attack occurred on Saturday at Gwaska village in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, a police spokesman said.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Women and children were among those killed in the attack, according to local media reports.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">There has been a spate of attacks in the area blamed on armed bandits who are stealing cattle and property from the villagers.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Nigerian military forces have been deployed permanently to the area, Samuel Aruwan, spokesperson to Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, said in a statement.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The statement said the governor was &#8220;concerned by the incessant banditry attacks in the area.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">&#8220;The Kaduna State Government has received with sadness reports of the murder of our citizens by armed bandits in Birnin Gwari.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">\u00a0The government has sent a message of condolence to the people of Birnin Gwari Emirate,&#8221; 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The attack occurred on Saturday at Gwaska village in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, a police spokesman said. 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