Nigeria, Sept. 19 -- About 12 hours after bandits kidnapped and later killed two persons in Tangaza community of Sokoto State, residents tracked down and killed a total of six of the gunmen.

Members of the vigilante in the community, armed with weapons such as cutlasses and local guns, and working with the police, also arrested four of the suspected kidnappers who were later taken to a police station.

However, angry residents of the community retrieved the arrested suspects, lynched them and burnt their bodies.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how the bandits initially attacked the town Friday night.

The police spokesperson in the state, Sanusi Abubakar, confirmed that attack to journalists.

The bandits stole foodstuff from the community and a...