By Rafiu Ajakaye</p> <p> LAGOS, Nigeria (AA) – At least 29 people, including a police officer, were killed Tuesday in attacks by armed bandits in northwest Nigeria's Kaduna state.<br>
The attacks occurred in the villages of Maro and Kachia in Kajuru and Kachia districts, police commissioner Ahmad Abdurrahman told a news briefing in the state capital, Kaduna.
“Many houses and a police van were torched during the attacks,” he said.
Abdurrahman said several others were injured in the attacks, which locals said were carried out by over a hundred armed men.
Civilians in Kaduna have come under increasing attack by suspected cattle thieves and criminal gangs.
