<p>Bandits killed 47 people in coordinated attacks against several farming villages in Katsina State, northern Nigeria, the president's office and local police said Sunday.</p>.<p>Men mounted on motorbikes carried out "organised and simultaneous attacks", Katsina state police spokesman Gambo Isah said in a statement.</p>.<p>The predawn raids happened on Saturday in villages in the Dutsenma, Danmusa and Safana districts, he added.</p>
<p>Bandits killed 47 people in coordinated attacks against several farming villages in Katsina State, northern Nigeria, the president's office and local police said Sunday.</p>.<p>Men mounted on motorbikes carried out "organised and simultaneous attacks", Katsina state police spokesman Gambo Isah said in a statement.</p>.<p>The predawn raids happened on Saturday in villages in the Dutsenma, Danmusa and Safana districts, he added.</p>