source: Vanguard (Nigeria)
actor1: Military Forces of Nigeria (2015-)
actor2: Zamfara Communal Militia (Nigeria)
location: Birnin Magaji
notes: 03 February (or around). Military Forces destroyed camps of 'bandits' or cattle raiders active in Zamfara and Katsina states in Sunke forest (Shinkafi area) and Birnin Magaji area as part of campaign against bandits and herders in Zamfara state. Nine bandits were killed, five arrested and two kidnap victims rescued. Fatalities split between two locations