Nigeria, Feb. 10 -- Suspected local bandits have killed one person and kidnapped nine others in an attack on Palaita, a village near a military base in Erena, a garrison town hosting hundreds of displaced persons in Shiroro LGA, Niger State.

The terrorists rode on motorcycles into the village Sunday evening after attacking villages along the road to Palaita, multiple sources said, adding that villagers fled their homes to Erena as soldiers confronted the attackers in Palaita.

The terrorists kidnapped five men and four women, PREMIUM TIMES gathered.

A resident of Erena, Hannatu Kabiru, who provided shelter for some displaced persons from Palaita, said the terrorists raided Kutako, Dnakpala and Gogala villages before moving to Palaita. ...