Nigeria, Nov. 19 -- Not less than 44 residents including 39 women and children and five men were abducted in Kanwa village of Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State Thursday night.

Two local sources, however, told PREMIUM TIMES that five women managed to escape from the terrorists' camp.

Kanwa, surrounded by hills, is under Zurmi but closer to Kaura Namoda area. It is also close to the dreaded Rugu forest.

A local source in Zurmi town, Musa Abdullahi, told PREMIUM TIMES over the phone that the terrorists invaded the community at night.

"They went straight to the village square and started gathering residents. You know most time, men run to the bush because they know the bandits mostly kill men. The five men taken were very unluc...