source: Vanguard (Nigeria)
actor1: Military Forces of Nigeria (2015-)
actor2: Zamfara Communal Militia (Nigeria)
location: Gambiru
notes: 04 August, on or before. Military forces launch a mass clearance operation of suspects believed to have taken part in recent attacks on Zurmi LGA villages (the military refers to them as 'armed bandits' and the operation focused on Zamfara). Forces cleared Mashema, Kwadi, Kagara, Gambiru (coordinates approx). The exact date of the operations is not known. Two perpetrator kingpins were neutralized in Yanwari and Mai Tukunya (coordinates approx). At least 20 fatalities.