Bandits have killed Tin Zangon Kataf and Chikun local government areas of Kaduna State on Sunday.
A statement by the state commissioner for internal security, Samuel Aruwan, said the bandits also burnt 10 houses, two motorcycles and 50 bags of ginger in the
Kurmin Gandu village; while some dry season farmers lost water pumping machines and other valuables during the attacks.
He said the it took the military hours to contain what would have resulted in further violence in the general area.
Bandits also attacked Sabon Gayan village in Chikun local government area and killed four persons.
He said operatives of Operation Thunder Strike are combing identified criminal hideouts in the Sabon Gayan area, following reports that several bandits sustained bullet wounds.
