Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked Kurya Madaro community of Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
It was gathered that the bandits stormed the community at midnight on Tuesday and operated till the early hours of Wednesday.
Police authorities are yet to react to the attack.
All efforts to reach the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Muhammed Shehu, proved abortive as his telephone numbers were not reachable.
But a source in the community confirmed the attack to Channels Television, saying the attackers stormed the town around 11:30pm on Tuesday and operated till the early hours of Wednesday, killing about 14 people.
According to him, the bandits set police operational vehicles, one trailer, four other vehicles belonging to the community and many shops on fire during the attack.
The deceased have since been buried in Kurya Madaro town in line with Islamic rites.
Kurya Madaro is about 51km to Gusau, the Zamfara State capital.
It will be recalled that residents of the community had on May 31 staged a protest to demonstrate their displeasure over incessant bandit attacks in the area.