{"id":59769,"date":"2026-07-23T12:59:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=59769"},"modified":"2026-07-23T12:59:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T12:59:57","slug":"at-least-24-killed-in-bandit-attack-in-northwest-nigeria-residents-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=59769","title":{"rendered":"At least 24 killed in bandit attack in northwest Nigeria, residents say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Reuters)   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, July 23  &#8211; Armed bandits riding motorcycles killed at least 24 farmers \u200band wounded several others in an \u200cattack on remote farming villages in northwest Nigeria&#8217;s Zamfara state, residents told Reuters on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attackers \u200bstormed communities in the Sauna district of \u200bthe Talata Mafara local government area at about \u20601300 GMT on Tuesday and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/africa\/attackers-kill-least-50-abduct-women-children-nigerias-zamfara-state-2026-02-20\/\">opened fire<\/a>&nbsp;on \u200bpeople working on their farms, residents told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;They \u200bkilled at least 24 innocent farmers. We are still counting the losses,&#8221; resident Auwal Sani said by \u200bphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zamfara is at the centre of \u200ba&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/africa\/least-100-killed-nigerian-airstrike-zamfara-market-amnesty-says-2026-05-12\/\">security crisis<\/a>&nbsp;in Nigeria&#8217;s northwest, where armed gangs locally \u200cknown \u2060as bandits frequently raid villages, kidnap residents for ransom and steal livestock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Residents said the gunmen travelled nearly 50 km (31 miles) along the \u200bMayanchi-Anka highway, \u200ba key \u2060trade route, before reaching Sauna without encountering security forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police and military \u200bauthorities were not immediately available for \u200bcomment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another \u2060resident, Bello Aliyu, said Tuesday&#8217;s attack lasted for about three hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;They rustled an unspecified \u2060number \u200bof livestock, leaving several people \u200bwounded who are currently receiving treatment,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Reuters) MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, July 23 &#8211; Armed bandits riding motorcycles killed at least 24 farmers \u200band wounded several others in an \u200cattack on remote farming villages in northwest Nigeria&#8217;s Zamfara state, residents told Reuters on Thursday. The attackers \u200bstormed communities in the Sauna district of \u200bthe Talata Mafara local government area at about \u20601300 GMT on Tuesday and&nbsp;opened fire&nbsp;on \u200bpeople working on their farms, residents told Reuters. &#8220;They \u200bkilled at least 24 innocent farmers. We are still counting the losses,&#8221; resident Auwal Sani said by \u200bphone. Zamfara is at the centre of \u200ba&nbsp;security crisis&nbsp;in Nigeria&#8217;s northwest, where armed gangs locally&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59770,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59771,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59769\/revisions\/59771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}