Attackers ambush police in Nigeria's Zamfara, killing at least eight, officials say

MAIDUGURI, Nov 3 - Attackers killed at least eight security personnel in an ambush on a police convoy in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state on Tuesday, local vigilante officials told Reuters, in a region where kidnappings and attacks are common.

• The dead included five police officers and three members of the Zamfara Community Protection Guard (CPG), a state-backed vigilante outfit supporting security operations, said vigilante commandant Lawal Haruna

• Abubakar Isa, a member of the CPG, said the attackers struck near Gidan-Giye village in Tsafe Local Government Area

• Isa said the attackers fired on a 15-seater bus carrying the security team, destroying the vehicle

• Police later recovered the bodies of five officers, rescued seven others and evacuated two wounded officers for treatment, according to a police statement

• Police said the attackers seized five AK-47 rifles. A police officer told Reuters the attackers abducted some officers, though authorities have yet to confirm how many remain missing

• A separate police officer told Reuters that the bandits abducted some officers and took them to an undisclosed location REUTERS