6 killed as suspected bandits detonate explosives in NW Nigeria

5/12/2024 6:02

        At least six people were killed and eight others injured early Wednesday when suspected bandits detonated improvised explosive devices planted under a bridge in the northwestern state of Zamfara, the police said.
        Mohammed Dalijan, the police chief in Zamfara, told Xinhua by telephone that two vehicles driving on the explosives were destroyed under the Mai Lamba bridge, along the Dansadu-Gusau road in the Maru local government area.
        The explosive attack was the second of the kind in that location this week, Dalijan noted, after an earlier attack on Sunday killed a passerby, destroyed a vehicle, and damaged a bridge where the explosive was planted.
        The victims of Wednesday's incident were locals, including women traveling from Gusau, the state capital, to Dansadu, said the police chief.
        He said the police had deployed a tactical squad to ascertain the type of explosives through laboratory tests.