Gunmen have killed 26 people in northern Nigeria's Zamfara state, in the latest in a series of attacks blamed cattle thieves.

Men on motorcycles attacked gold miners near Kuru-Kuru village in Anka district late Thursday and clashed with residents from a nearby village who had mobilised in anticipation of the assault. We buried 26 people killed in the two attacks by the armed bandits, chairman of Anka local government Mustapha Gado Anka told. The victims were miners from Kuru-Kuru that were attacked and residents of Jarkuka village who had come to help their neighbours, Anka said. He said the assailants ambushed the group of volunteers from Jarkuka who had come to help.