Unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked some villages, killed nine people and abducted six others in Goronyo LGA of Sokoto state.
WITHIN NIGERIA assembled that the affected villages are Bejingo, Dantudu, and Tulutu all in Birjin ward.
According to PUNCH report, the bandits carted away herds of cattle belonging to the villagers during the attack.
It further disclosed that the people killed by the bandits were eight men and one woman.
The corpses of the deceased have been buried according to Islamic rites.
This is not the first time bandits will be attacking communities in Sokoto as the state has witnessed a surge in bandit attacks, leading to the death of many residents and property destroyed.
Bandits In May killed 22 people in separate attacks in Rabah and Sabon Birni LGAs in the state.
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