SHARED Dozens killed by 'armed bandits' in Nigeria Grieving families of slain residents of the village of Kizara in northern Nigerian. Zamfara state watch from the edge of a grave yard during the funeral of their relatives on June 18, 2013 after a group of bandits attacked the village, killing 48 people in a pre-dawn raid in apparent reprisals targeting a local vigilante group Women mourning after a bandit attack in Zamfara in 2013 At least 35 villagers have been killed this week by suspected armed bandits in north-western Nigeria. Witnesses say the motorcycle-riding bandits first intercepted a vehicle taking traders to a community market Zamfara State. They then slit the throat of the driver before opening fire on the vehicle - killing all on board and then set it ablaze. Next, they targeted the market itself. The armed bandits then proceeded to the market and started shooting indiscriminately, killing at leas...