Gunmen have killed at least 34 people in northwest Nigeria's Kaduna State in the latest attack blamed on heavily-armed criminal gangs
Security experts have warned the gangs, who are driven by financial motives, are increasingly forging alliances with militants from the northeast of Nigeria.
"Security agencies have reported to the Kaduna State Government that after search operations and detailed checks, 34 people have been confirmed dead following Sunday's attack in Kaura local government area," he said.Northwest and central Nigeria have long been terrorised by criminal gangs, known locally as bandits, who raid villages, conduct mass kidnappings for ransom and steal cattle, but attacks and abductions have intensified.
Bandit violence in Nigeria's northwest is just one challenge facing security forces, who are also battling against a 12-year militant insurgency in the northeast and separatist tensions in the southeast of Africa's most populous nation. Security experts have warned the gangs, who are driven by financial motives, are increasingly forging alliances with militants from the northeast of Nigeria.
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