Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked the Kurya Madaro community of Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area in Zamfara State.
Africa Today News, New York gathered that the bandits invaded the community at midnight on Tuesday and operated till the early hours of Wednesday.
A source in the community confirmed the attack to reporters saying that the attackers stormed the town around 11:30 pm on Tuesday and operated till the early hour of Wednesday, killing about fourteen people.
According to him, the bandits set police operational vehicles, one trailer, four other vehicles belonging to the community, and many shops on fire during the attack.
The deceased have since been buried in Kurya Madaro town in line with Islamic rites.
Africa Today News, New York understands that tKurya Madaro is about 51kilometres to Gusau, the Zamfara State capital.
It will be recalled that residents of the community had on May 31, staged a protest to demonstrate their displeasure over incessant bandit attacks in the area.
Criminal gangs, known locally as bandits, have terrorised northwest and central Nigeria for years, but they have become more brazen in recent months and the military has renewed operations in a bid to end the attacks.
The bandits who raid villages, steal cattle, kidnap for ransom and burn homes, have no known ideology.
But analysts see signs of growing cooperation between the gangs and Boko Haram fighting a 12-year Islamist insurgency in the northeast.
The military began an anti-bandit campaign earlier this month in Zamfara State. Some northern states have also imposed restrictions on movement and trade and a telecoms blackout as part of efforts to have the gunmen under control.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK