50 bandits, 13 military personnel killed in Niger encounter
*Vigilante members injured *NAF helicopter on casualty evacuation mission crashes BANDITS have, again, hit Niger State community during which no fewer than 50 of them (bandits) were gunned down. Also,13 military personnel were killed and some local vigilante injured. The bandits were said to have been terrorising Kundu village near Zungeru in Wushishi Local Government Area of the state in the past few days, leading to troops deploying to chase them out of the council. The bandits were said to have settled in the area with their cows and other domestic animals rustled from villagers within and outside the communities in the area. It was gathered that some senior military officers also lost their lives to the bandits. The killing of the military men, it was gathered, occured on Sunday. It was learned that 13 of the casualties were recorded Sunday night while eight others were killed by the bandits, yesterday. The bandits, it was gathered, had laid ambush for the military men, who we...