ABUJA, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Four gunmen were killed when the Nigerian military launched airstrikes to destroy a logistics warehouse of a "criminal gang" in the country's northwest region, the military said on Monday.

In a statement reaching Xinhua in Abuja, the military said the weekend bombardment of the gunmen's camp in the Birnin Kogo area of the northwestern state of Zamfara followed credible intelligence.

An attack aircraft that scrambled to engage the target had scored accurate hits on a large structure within the camp, used by the gunmen group to store their ammunition and other logistics items, the statement said.

The military said the warehouse went up in flames, as a result of its volatile contents, leading to its complete destruction.

According to the statement, the airstrikes were in continuation of the renewed onslaught against "criminal gangs" in parts of the Nigerian northwest and north-central regions where kidnapping and armed banditry, among other crimes, had become rampant. Enditem

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