#Other countries : Heavily armed men attacked the airport of Kaduna, a major city in northwestern Nigeria, on Saturday, killing a security guard and temporarily interrupting air traffic, authorities and a security source said.
It is the latest violence blamed on gangs known locally as “bandits”, who operate in the northwest and center of Africa’s most populous country, where they loot, kidnap and kill residents.
«Soldiers stationed in and around the airport returned fire and repelled the attackers»Aruwan announced.
«The bandits sadly shot and killed an airport worker who sounded the alarm when he saw them»he added.
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The flights, interrupted during the attack, resumed shortly after, according to the authorities. Domestic flights connect Kaduna with the commercial capital, Lagos.
«Security personnel have been doing their utmost to prevent bandits from entering the airport since last night»said a security source, believing that they were looking to «kidnapper» either airport staff or passengers.