At least 140 people have been killed in northwest Nigeria after gunmen raided villages, shooting anyone in their sight, according to residents
Gunmen known locally as "bandits" have killed at least 140 people in multiple raids this week in northwest Nigeria."We buried a total of 143 people killed by the bandits in the attacks," said one of the four sources, Balarabe Alhaji, a community leader in one of the affected villages in Zamfara state.
"More than 140 people were buried across the ten villages and search for more bodies is ongoing because many people are unaccounted for," Hamidu said. As of now, a military aircraft has been deployed along with security forces as a manhunt for the attackers continues, he said.
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