Bandits attacked several villages in Zamfara State, Nigeria, killing at least 143 people
CCTV News Client News According to Nigeria’s “Daily Letter”, “Daily Mail” and other media reports on January 8, armed bandits attacked several villages in the Zamfara state in the northwest of the country, killing at least 143 people, and there are also reports that there are many deaths. At two hundred people.
According to reports, the attacks mainly occurred on the 5th and 6th. Belo Turgi and his bandit group intended to defect to another bandit group headed by Shehu Bayad in the state. Witnesses said: “There are many bandits. They rode motorcycles and opened fire on residents, burning houses and shops. Local residents, especially women and children, had to flee to safer areas.”
The Governor of Zamfara State, Belo Matavall, said after inspecting 14 local government areas in the state on the 8th that he would deploy the “Super Tucano” fighter jets purchased by the Nigerian Air Force from the United States to combat bandits. He also welcomed the Nigerian government’s identification of the bandits as terrorists.
On January 5, the Federal Government of Nigeria announced that bandit groups in the northwest and north-central regions of the country and similar actions in other areas were declared terrorism, determined that bandit activities constituted terrorist acts, and declared the bandits to be terrorists. (Headquarters reporter Wang Xinjun and He Beiping)