{"id":39863,"date":"2021-05-30T12:37:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T11:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=39863"},"modified":"2021-05-30T13:19:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T12:19:15","slug":"niger-villagers-including-children-drown-while-trying-to-escape-during-bandit-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/30\/niger-villagers-including-children-drown-while-trying-to-escape-during-bandit-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger villagers including children drown while trying to escape during bandit attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No fewer than 14 persons have reportedly lost their lives during armed bandits attacks on villages in Kwata ward in Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that some of the victims, mostly women and children ran into River Kaduna and drowned while trying to escape during the attack which occurred on Friday, May 28.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, many of them could not swim and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/23\/two-nigerian-friends-drown-in-malta-as-one-jumps-into-sea-to-save-the-other\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drowned in the river<\/a>,\u201d an eyewitness told newsmen.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39864 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND-576x1024.jpg 576w, 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Specialist Hospital, Minna<\/p>\n<p>Sources from the area told Daily Trust that the 11 bodies of the victims have been recovered and buried while several others were still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/29\/pains-for-pilots-families-as-nigerian-air-force-fails-to-locate-missing-alpha-jet-after-two-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">missing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39866\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND3.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND3-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND3-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND3-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND3-864x1536.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39867\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND4.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND4-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND4-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND4-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND4-864x1536.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In all, 14 people were said to have lost their lives while the community was still counting its losses as some families said they have not found their members and relatives.<\/p>\n<p>Many villagers, mostly young girls and women, were kidnapped and taken to unknown places just as the bandits reportedly rustled a large number of cattle and made away with many motorcycles.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39868 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND6.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND6-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39869 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND5.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/kunlenet07\/2021\/05\/30\/ND5-135x300.jpg 135w\" 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