"In a statement late on Tuesday, Nigeria's national police spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, said an abduction had indeed occurred on Sunday, and that the police had launched security operations with a clear focus on locating and safely rescuing the victims and restoring calm to the area. Hundeyin said the earlier denials by officers and other officials were intended to prevent unnecessary panic while facts were being confirmed."
"Al Jazeera's Ahmed Idris, reporting from Kurmin Wali village in Kaduna State, said dozens of gunmen stormed the village on Sunday as people gathered to pray in three churches and abducted a quarter of the village's residents. Two days after the attack, the community received a demand, Idris said. The bandits want the return of 10 missing motorcycles they hid in the bush. For now, that is the condition for the release of the captives."
Armed bandits abducted dozens of villagers in Kurmin Wali, Kaduna State, during Sunday prayers at three churches, with estimates ranging from 168 to 172 people kidnapped and nine reported to have escaped, leaving about 163 missing. Nigeria's national police spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the abduction on Tuesday and said security operations are focused on locating and safely rescuing victims and restoring calm, while earlier denials aimed to prevent unnecessary panic. Kaduna community members reported the bandits later demanded the return of 10 motorcycles hidden in the bush as the condition for releasing the captives. Mass kidnappings and ransom-driven raids have increased across northern and central Nigeria.
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