MAIDUGURI, Nov 3 (Reuters) – Attackers killed at least eight security personnel in an ambush on a police convoy in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state on Tuesday, local vigilante officials told Reuters, in a region where kidnappings and attacks are common.
• The dead included five police officers and three members of the Zamfara Community Protection Guard (CPG), a state-backed vigilante outfit supporting security operations, said vigilante commandant Lawal Haruna
• Abubakar Isa, a member of the CPG, said the attackers struck near Gidan-Giye village in Tsafe Local Government Area
• Isa said the attackers fired on a 15-seater bus carrying the security team, destroying the vehicle
• Police later recovered the bodies of five officers, rescued seven others and evacuated two wounded officers for treatment, according to a police statement
• Police said the attackers seized five AK-47 rifles. A police officer told Reuters the attackers abducted some officers, though authorities have yet to confirm how many remain missing
• A separate police officer told Reuters that the bandits abducted some officers and took them to an undisclosed location
(Reporting by Ahmed Kingimi and Camillus Eboh, Writing by Ben Ezeamalu, editing by Xevi Fontdegloria)
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