“We have buried 26 so far and we are still scouting for other bodies in
the bush. Some of the residents were trapped on their farms and got
killed. For the first time, women were among those shot dead,” a
resident, Makau Ali, said.
At least 30 people have been killed by suspected bandits in attacks
on five villages of Gidan Goga district in Maradun Local Government Area
of Zamfara State, Daily Trust gathered.
In May this year, 30 people were killed by suspected bandits and
cattle rustlers in an attack on Malikawa village in the same district.
Residents told Daily Trust that the bandits stormed the villages of
Sakkida, Farin Zare, Orawa, Gyadde and Sabon Gari villages on
motorbikes, firing at residents, killing people and carting away cows.
“We have buried 26 so far and we are still scouting for other bodies
in the bush. Some of the residents were trapped on their farms and got
killed. For the first time, women were among those shot dead,” a
resident, Makau Ali, said.
He said the whereabouts of seven persons was not known adding that
they might have been drowned while trying to cross a river to escape the
carnage.
“Seven persons were killed in Sakkida, four in Farin Zare, 8 in
Orawa, seven in Gyadde and four were shot dead in Sabon Gari while seven
were declared missing,” he said.
However, the state police command said three people were killed in
Sakkida and Gyadde villages, while further attacks had been repelled.
The command’s spokesman, Muhammad Shehu, said joint police and
military teams responded swiftly to the distress call and on arrival,
the bandits fled after killing three persons.
Shehu said the command also foiled an attack on Dangebe Village in Zurmi Local Government Area of the state.
He said a gang of armed bandits/cattle rustlers went to the community to attack and rustle cows.
“The tactical teams of the command engaged the bandits in a gun
battle which forced them to beat a retreat back to the forest with
possible gun wounds and 171 cows were recovered during the operation,”
he said.
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