Eight people killed in an attack in northern Nigeria

July 22 (EUROPA PRESS) –

At least eight people, including five policemen, have been killed in an attack perpetrated by unidentified armed persons against the Nigerian town of Gatakawa, located in the state of Katsina (north), amid the deterioration of the security situation in this area. of the African country.

The spokesman for the Katsina Police, Gambo Isa, has confirmed the balance and has highlighted that the authorities have opened an investigation to try to clarify what happened, without for the moment having claimed responsibility, according to the Nigerian newspaper ‘The Premium Times’.

Thus, he stressed that “more than 300 terrorists” launched the assault against the town “fully armed.” “The five policemen are from Kano state and they were carrying out special duties in Gatikawa,” he has said, while he has pointed out that the other three victims are civilians.

On the other hand, ten policemen kidnapped on Sunday in the state of Kogi (center) when they returned from participating in the local elections in Osun have been released unharmed, without clarifying who was behind the kidnapping, as stated in a police document. internal.

Insecurity in Nigeria, previously centered on the northeast of the country — where Boko Haram and its offshoot, the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) operate — has spread in recent months to other parts of the north and northwest, making sound the alarms due to the possible expansion of terrorist and criminal networks.