Bandits Slaughter Seven, Abduct Three in Sokoto Border Village
[NigerianEye - Nigeria] - 16/01/2026
At least seven people were killed and three others abducted when a large group of heavily armed bandits launched a ferocious attack on Kyara village, a remote border community in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State, in the early hours of Thursday.The assault began around 4:00 a.m. when the bandits reportedly numbering in the dozens and wielding sophisticated firearms stormed the village, which sits close to the Niger Republic border and suffers from complete lack of mobile phone network coverage.The attackers fired indiscriminately into homes and at fleeing residents, sowing (…)
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