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Nigeria police say 29 killed in Kebbi State gunfight with bandits, including 10 officers and two civilians. Seventeen suspected bandits died in the Monday evening clash near Rafin Makuku after gunmen arrived from Zamfara State.

A total of 29 people, including 10 policemen and two civilians, were killed during a gunfight between security operatives and suspected bandits in Nigeria's northwestern Kebbi State, police said Tuesday. Seventeen bandits were killed after security operatives intercepted the gunmen, who were riding motorcycles, near Rafin Makuku on Monday evening; some gunmen fled wounded and four motorcycles were disabled.

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