At least 30 bandits were killed by Nigerian security in coordinated counter-operations in the Faskari district of Katsina state in the country’s northwest, the state’s internal security commissioner said on Thursday.
According to Nasir Mua’zu, the joint forces, comprising police, military, and the air force, responded to different attacks by hundreds of bandits on the communities of Kadisau, Raudama, and Sabon Layi late on Tuesday.
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In a statement, Mua’zu said, after intense clashes, security forces repelled the attackers, with 30 killed by coordinated air strikes as they tried to flee. He added that five security officers and one civilian were killed while an injured civilian was receiving treatment.
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Gangs of heavily armed men, locally known as bandits, have wreaked havoc across northwest Nigeria in recent years, kidnapping thousands, killing hundreds, and rendering some places hazardous to travel by road or on farms.
