Nigeria, Sept. 6 -- Seven people have been killed and three others abducted by armed men at the Magaji Wando community in the Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State.

Residents and local authorities said the assault began late on Friday and stretched into the early hours of Saturday. They said the bandits stormed the community, firing sporadically.

"Five people were killed on the spot, while two others died later from gunshot wounds," a resident told journalists. "They also abducted three people - two women and a boy."

Local vigilante members, operating under the state-backed Community Watch Corps (CWC), confronted the attackers and later evacuated the injured to hospitals in Funtua and Katsina. However, on their return, they we...