{"id":1385,"date":"2021-02-24T13:32:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T12:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2021-02-24T13:32:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T12:32:31","slug":"armed-men-suspected-to-be-bandits-attack-village-in-niger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/02\/24\/armed-men-suspected-to-be-bandits-attack-village-in-niger\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed men suspected to be bandits attack village in Niger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Manta village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State on Tuesday night, February 23 were reportedly attacked by armed men suspected to be bandits.<\/p>\n<p>According to SaharaReporters, the bandits heavily armed with assorted sophisticated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/02\/23\/ban-on-cryptocurrency-cbn-gov-appears-before-senate-committee\/\">weapons<\/a> came into the village on motorcycles, shooting sporadically.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-transform: initial\">\u201cManta village of Manta district in Shiroro Local Government Area was under siege by the armed bandit last night. 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