Lagos May 7 (IANS) At least 45 people have been confirmed dead and others wounded during an attack in Nigeria s Kaduna state media reports said on Sunday.
The victims were killed on Saturday afternoon when scores of suspected bandits raided Gwaska village in Birnin-Gwari area of Kaduna state Xinhua reported.
The group Birnin-Gwari Vanguards for Security and Good Governance said 45 bodies were recovered by vigilantes and volunteers with the assistance of soldiers on Sunday afternoon.
The attack came barely a week after the killing of 14 miners at a mining site at Janruwa area of the same state.
The bandits on motorbikes stormed the Gwaska village via Zamfara state said Bala Abdulahi a member of the vigilante group.
The bandits shot sporadically and killed anybody in sight Abdulahi said.
Confirming the incident the state government said a battalion of the Nigerian Army would be permanently stationed in the area to halt the killings.
State Governor Nadir el-Rufai said he has been engaging with the federal government on the matter and that he has directed the State Emergency Management Agency to provide relief materials to those affected.
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