{"id":1258,"date":"2026-10-26T03:31:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T03:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/26\/death-toll-in-taraba-bandits-attack-now-50\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T03:31:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T03:31:34","slug":"death-toll-in-taraba-bandits-attack-now-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/26\/death-toll-in-taraba-bandits-attack-now-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Death toll in Taraba bandits\u2019 attack now 50"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The death toll from an attack by gunmen in Taraba State has risen to at least 50, survivors and Amnesty International told AFP Sunday, after more bodies were discovered.<\/p>\n

Read Also:<\/strong> \u2018We counted over 20 bodies after attackers left\u2019 \u2013 Taraba massacre survivors<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>Both police and Amnesty said some of the victims had drowned while trying to flee the attackers.<\/p>\n

Gunmen on motorcycles from a suspected \u201cbandit\u201d gang\u00a0swarmed Binnari, in eastern Taraba, killing dozens of people shortly after Friday prayers. They also looted and burned stores.<\/p>\n

Taraba is sandwiched between northeastern Nigeria, which has a long-running jihadist insurgency, and the volatile central region, which faces criminal gangs known as bandits.<\/p>\n

Driven by money rather than ideology, the bandits in Nigeria target poorly policed rural areas, kidnapping for ransom and killing.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Friday, we found seven bodies after the bandits attacked our community,\u201d said Bashir Mamuda Musa, a resident of Binnari, in Taraba state.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe following day, Saturday, we discovered another 43 bodies in the river, bringing the total to 50,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The new toll was confirmed by resident Abdullahi Zakari.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany residents, including women and children, fled towards the river in an attempt to escape the gunmen,\u201d Zakari told AFP.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, several people drowned while trying to flee the attack.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Chased into river\u2019<\/h4>\n

Bodies can often be difficult to recover when communities scatter. Some were discovered in a nearby river, according to both police and Amnesty.<\/p>\n

Police spokesman for the state Victor Msheliza told AFP on Sunday that they were still searching the area.<\/p>\n

Officers \u201cfound some (bodies) in the river\u201d of people who were trying to escape, he said.<\/p>\n

Police were immediately deployed to the area after the attack, more deployments being sent, he said.<\/p>\n

Amnesty International gave a toll of 52 on Sunday, saying the attackers had come \u201cin large numbers and set ablaze shops and market stalls\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bandits invaded in large numbers,\u2026 chased people and they headed toward the river to escape,\u201d and drowned, Amnesty International Nigeria director Isa Sanusi told AFP. \u201cSome were chased into the river by the gunmen\u201d.<\/p>\n

Banditry has become a growing problem in northwest and central Nigeria, with powerful gangs battling overstretched police and military across hard-to-reach, rural locations.<\/p>\n

They raid villages and impose \u201ctaxes\u201d on farmers and mining operations in areas with little state presence.<\/p>\n

Amnesty, in a post on X, blamed the Nigerian authorities for leaving some rural communities \u201cat the mercy of gunmen that repeatedly commit atrocities with impunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsistent failure of the authorities to bring the suspected perpetrators to justice is clearly emboldening impunity,\u201d the rights group said on social media.<\/p>\n

Vanguard News<\/a><\/p>\n

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