Bandits Kill Village Head, 19 Others In Fresh Zamfara Attack
No fewer than 20 persons including a village head were on Sunday killed by armed men, suspected to be bandits in a fresh attack on Ganar-Kiyawa in Adabka District of Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
According to the residents, the armed men who rode on motorbikes invaded Ganar-Kiyawa after they had raided another community and made away with of cattle.
It was gathered that when they laid the siege, residents scampered to safety after they sensed trouble, the armed criminals began to chase the fleeing residents on motorbikes shooting at them.
They killed at least 19 people there including the village head.
A resident identified as Saminu Usman said, “Shortly afterwards, the armed men rode and disappeared into bush. After the armed men had left, the surviving residents picked the bodies of the slain residents from different spots inside the surrounding bushes for burial.
“The armed bandits suddenly came back and headed for the cemetery, thinking that the funeral rites had begun, but they saw no one at the cemetery and thereafter zoomed off to forest again.”
According to him, “The bodies of those killed were later brought to Adabka, the district headquarters located three kilometers west of the raided community. The funeral rites took place at the district head’s palace.”
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