Nigeria, Nov. 11 -- Bandits on Sunday attacked Faruruwa, a community in the Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State, and kidnapped four nursing mothers

Residents said the heavily armed bandits shot sporadically into the air to scare residents before reaching their targets.

The head of the community's security committee, Yahaya Bagobiri, confirmed the development to Kano-based online news platform, Solacebase, on Monday.

Mr Bagobiri said the bandits invaded the community on motorcycles with sophisticated weapons and abducted five nursing mothers, but one of the women escaped from the attackers.

Mr Bagobiri said the bandits violently separated the mothers from the newborn babies and whisked the mothers away.

"We continue to witness...