Nigeria Armed bandits burned 21 people, including a family of 16, in a revenge attack on a village.

Motorcycle gunmen raided the village of Bakali in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria on February 11, bombarding, burning houses and vehicles in retaliation for a local self-defense group's raid on their hideout.

"They killed 21 people in the attack," including 16 people in a family, including six children, and five members of the local self-defense group after locking them into a house, Sani Nuhu village chief today. for or.

A police spokesman said they had "received a report of a robbery attack on Bakali village" but "were waiting for details".

The area where the attacks took place in recent years has been a haven for criminal gangs that specialize in stealing cattle and kidnapping people for ransom. Villages have established self-defense groups, but this cannot stop violence.

Before the attack, the Bakali village self-defense team, in collaboration with Nigerian security forces, broke into the hideout of the criminal gang in a nearby forest. Police last week carried out a major regional campaign, "neutralizing more than 250 bandits and terrorists".