Nigeria, May 18 -- Suspected bandits on Sunday afternoon attacked two farming settlements in Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing at least 11 people, including a local securityman and an unidentified pregnant woman.

The attack targeted Gidan Wawu and Gidan Sarkin Noma, neighbouring agrarian communities in the Guga Ward, where residents say armed assailants stormed the villages at about 4 p.m. as locals returned from the weekly Guga market.

According to Mahadi Guga, a community source who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES, the attackers appeared to have timed the assault to coincide with market day, when many residents had returned home after purchasing supplies ahead of the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir celebrations.

"They had retu...