Alhaji Musa, who lives in the village of Urma in northwestern Cassina, Nigeria, said more than 100 bandits are "shooting from every angle."
Nigerian authorities deployed special forces in the early April of this year to fight hijackers and bandits.
(Reuters Archive)
More than 50
Raids including pregnant women and children
Seven villagers in Reuters in a town in northwest Nigeria
On Wednesday.
Attack on Wurma Village in Katsina, northwest Nigeria
It started around 11:30 on Tuesday night.
Police officer
Number of people kidnapped at 15
Reuters, where more was taken.
Alhaji Musa, one of her two daughters,
More than 100 robbers "shoot from every angle."
"They don't have anyone for about three hours
"Challenge them."
7 inhabitants, 1 kidnapped but released
Attackers, including at least 53
Pregnant women, babies and children.
Some residents already
Sources said they were asked to pay ransom from kidnappers.
Attackers also added that they ate sheep, goats and food.
Cassina police said in a statement that 15 women were kidnapped.
But 10 of them were safely released from gun battles.
With the police.
"A search party has been dispatched around
The police said.
Instability in northwestern Nigeria, including Katsina
Home of President Muhammad Buhari
that much
The government is attacking thieves,
Outlaws plundering, kidnapping and killing residents
Source: Reuters
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