Nigeria, Aug. 5 -- Armed persons on Saturday killed at least eleven people and abducted several others in a night attack in Sabon Garin Damri in the Bakura Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

Residents said about 70 people were unaccounted for and were feared abducted.

Reuters reported that the gunmen, locally called bandits, stormed the community, shooting sporadically and abducting people.

"They came on motorcycles, shooting randomly before abducting our daughters and children. As of today, we haven't heard anything from them. Everywhere is quiet," a resident, Isa Sani, told Reuters on Monday.

Another resident whose wife was abducted said he narrowly escaped the attack.

PREMIUM TIMES reports that Bakura is one of the areas in t...