{"id":169302,"date":"2025-07-13T22:54:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T21:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/zamfara-bandits-kill-blacksmith-abduct-women-in-raid"},"modified":"2025-07-14T00:06:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T23:06:37","slug":"zamfara-bandits-kill-blacksmith-abduct-women-in-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-bandits-kill-blacksmith-abduct-women-in-raid","title":{"rendered":"Zamfara Bandits Kill Blacksmith Abduct Women in Raid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Armed bandits have attacked two villages in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing a blacksmith and abducting 25 people, including women and children.<\/p>\n<p>According to a post by security analyst Zagazola Makama on Sunday on his official handle, the incident happened around 10:30 p.m. on Friday night when the attackers attacked Dogon Daji village in Nahuche District.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe gunmen, who were armed with AK-47 rifles and other dangerous weapons, abducted 25 residents and rustled several cattle during the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmong those killed was Muhammadu Kasu, a local blacksmith well-known in the community for repairing hunting rifles. The bandits also made away with a motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter leaving Dogon Daji, the armed men moved to Danguro village within the same local government. There, they killed another resident, Aminu Abubakar, and stole five motorcycles before escaping to an unknown location,\u201dMakama wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Security forces, including troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA, later arrived at the scene and confirmed the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts are ongoing to rescue the abducted victims and recover the stolen livestock.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Armed bandits have attacked two villages in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing a blacksmith and abducting 25 people, including women and children. According to a post by security analyst Zagazola Makama on Sunday on his official handle, the incident happened around 10:30 p.m. on Friday night when the attackers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":169301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[591,254,150],"class_list":["post-169302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-bandits","tag-nigeria","tag-zamfara"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Zamfara Bandits Kill Blacksmith Abduct Women in Raid - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Armed bandits have attacked two villages in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing a blacksmith and abd ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-bandits-kill-blacksmith-abduct-women-in-raid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zamfara Bandits Kill Blacksmith Abduct Women in Raid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Armed bandits have attacked two villages in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing a blacksmith and abd ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-bandits-kill-blacksmith-abduct-women-in-raid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-13T21:54:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-13T23:06:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752435515.523201.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1536\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1136\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-bandits-kill-blacksmith-abduct-women-in-raid#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-bandits-kill-blacksmith-abduct-women-in-raid\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zamfara Bandits Kill Blacksmith Abduct Women in Raid\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-13T21:54:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-13T23:06:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-bandits-kill-blacksmith-abduct-women-in-raid\"},\"wordCount\":189,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-bandits-kill-blacksmith-abduct-women-in-raid#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752435515.523201.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"bandits\",\"Nigeria\",\"Zamfara\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-bandits-kill-blacksmith-abduct-women-in-raid#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-bandits-kill-blacksmith-abduct-women-in-raid\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/zamfara-bandits-kill-blacksmith-abduct-women-in-raid\",\"name\":\"Zamfara Bandits Kill Blacksmith Abduct Women in Raid - 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