Nigeria, March 26 -- At least 11 people were on Sunday killed and 20 others abducted when bandits attacked the Gidan Zuma community in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

Residents said the abducted victims were mostly women and children. They said the attackers were unchallenged after local vigilantes manning the community went to defend a neighbouring community under attack.

Gidan Zuma is a few kilometres from Bungudu town, the headquarters of the local government, which is about 12 kilometres from Gusau, the Zamfara State capital.

Until Sunday's incident, the community rarely suffered attacks due to its local defence mechanism that scared away armed bandits.

"The attackers invaded the town on Sunday after they got a hin...