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Bandits Attack Rini Town In Zamfara, Kidnap 60 Persons In Midnight Raid

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Bandits have attacked Rini city within the Bakura Native Authorities Space (LGA) of Zamfara State.

Eyewitnesses advised Channels Tv on Friday that the armed males stormed the city at about 2:30am and began taking pictures sporadically.

Whereas residents had been stated to have refused to come back out of their houses regardless of heavy gunshots renting the air, the bandits kidnapped many locals numbering over 60.

The police authorities in Zamfara State confirmed the incident, though they didn’t give the actual number of residents kidnapped by the bandits.

However the command’s spokesman, Mohammed Shehu, stated the police had deployed a number of tactical operatives within the city with a view to rescuing the kidnapped individuals.

A supply stated a number of appeals had been made to the government to provide more security reinforcement for the people of Rini.

The assault on Rini comes barely every week after bandits invaded the Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Science, additionally in Bakura LGA.

Through the assault which occurred at about 11pm on Sunday, the gunmen killed a policeman and two watchmen earlier than they gained entry into the college.

State authorities later confirmed the kidnapping of 15 college students and 4 workers of the establishment who had been forcefully taken away by the assailants.

The incident was condemned by the state governor, Bello Matawalle, who assured the households of the victims that they’d return safely.

The bandits had been stated to have contacted the college administration to make a requirement of N350million as ransom for the victims to be launched.

The criminals later launched a video in which the students were seen begging the federal government to heed the demand of their captors who threatened to kill them if the cash was not paid.