At least forty people massacred in armed bandit invasion on Nigerian village

Armed bandits attacked a village in Nigeria’s northwest Kaduna state, killing at least 40 people, residents and officials said. Police Inspector General Ibrahim Idris confirmed the bandits invaded the village of Gwaska Saturday, fighting local defence forces protecting the Birnin Gwari local government area, a community of about 3,000 people. He said 200 policemen and 10 patrol vehicles were deployed to the scene.