In a current article by Rueters, an international news agency, entitled "Gunmen Kill 10 In Remote Northwest Nigeria: Police," Rueters informs 1) where the attack was located 2) how the Islamist insurgency was at fault 3) who the possible gunmen were.
"There was an attack in these villages in Zamfara and people were killed." Specifically in Kaduna, Nigeria, Zamfara was the setting of "the raiding in two neighbouring villages." The neighbouring villages, Makera and Usu, had around 10 deaths reported by the local police.
"Analysts say the insurgency has also brought a breakdown of law and order across the north, creating opportunities for armed gangs and ethnic militias with scores to settle." By forming such policies, the insurgency is shown to be vulnerable, giving chances for ANYONE to come through, including robbers and criminals. They tried to focus on the insurgency was "northeastern Borno state and surrounding areas, but a military crackdown this year has pushed it into several states further south and west, including Zamfara."
"[Hassan Usman Talba] said the prime suspects were gangs of Fulani herdsman but that police were still investigating." The Fulani herdsmen "led to decades of conflict with farming communities across central and northern Nigeria that often erupts into violence." They assume it was them due to all of the trouble and chaos inflicted in the area; the police first did not suspect anybody, but they decided to lean towards the Fulani herdsmen.
I can become an active participant in my learning by taking more interest into what goes on in a country where my roots are linked to. I can take responsibility for my learning by routinely logging on to news websites to read such current events happening in our world.
Rueters informs how this article is one of the pieces of reported Nigerian killings happening in a weekly basis.
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