Abuja-Sana
At least 48 people were killed in attacks by militants on three villages in Zamfara state in northwestern Nigeria.
According to the administrative official in the Bakura region, Aminu Suleiman, armed gangs attacked last Friday the villages of Damri, Sabun Garin and Kalahi, killing 48 people.
In many of Nigeria's northwest states, there are groups of volunteers who help defend villages and towns from armed gangs in light of the difficulties the security forces face in fighting extremist militants and gangs known as bandits.
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