Police have yet to respond to reports that at least eight people were killed by bandits who broke into their homes in northwestern Nigeria.
Four other people were injured in the attacks, which occurred on Wednesday night in Kaduna state’s Zangon Kataf area, according to a local government official.
It is the latest in a string of violent incidents in Nigeria, where armed gangs kidnapped at least 80 children in Zamfara state. The West African regional bloc condemned the kidnapping and demanded the children’s release. In another development, a traditional ruler has been kidnapped in Kogi state’s central region after assailants killed a palace worker.
Last week, bandits killed more than 70 people in two separate attacks in the central state of Benue.
A similar attack on an internally displaced person camp last Friday killed dozens of people and injured many more.
