Nigerian cattle rustlers kill 38 people
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Armed cattle thieves killed 38 people on Sunday in three separate attacks in northern Nigeria鈥檚 Kaduna state, a local official said, the latest bloodshed to hit the region.
The rustlers, who usually ride on motorcycles, stormed the villages of Kauran Fawa, Marke and Riheya in the Giwa district, Samuel Aruwan, the internal affairs commissioner for Kaduna state, said in a statement.
鈥淪ecurity agencies have confirmed ... that 38 people were killed across the locations attacked,鈥 Aruwan said.
鈥淗ouses, trucks, and cars were also burned, along with agricultural produce at various farms,鈥 he said.
In a statement on Sunday, President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the 鈥済ruesome nature鈥 of the latest killings.
Noting that there had been several other deadly attacks in Kaduna state over the past week, he repeated his call to the security and intelligence chiefs 鈥渢o do everything they can to destroy鈥 the attackers.
So far, 29 of the victims of the attacks have been identified.
Northwest and central Nigeria have been plagued by criminal gangs of cattle thieves and kidnappers who raid villages, killing residents, stealing cattle and burning and looting homes.
The bandits have been increasingly targeting schools in mass abductions of schoolchildren to squeeze ransom from parents and authorities.
A months-long telecom shutdown and military operations in the region have failed to end the violence.
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