BANDITS KILL SEVEN POLICEMEN, 12 VILLAGERS IN ZAMFARA
Reports says bandits on Thursday killed twelve villagers and seven policemen in an attack on a Zamfara State community.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Muhammad Shehu Dalijan, who confirmed the attack, said the killing took place at Magarya village in Zurmi Local Government Area.
He added that among the victims were a member of the Zamfara State Community Guards, also known as Askarawan Zamfara and four residents of the village.
The CP said the bandits, numbering about three hundred, stormed the village on motorbikes, and on arrival, surrounded the men and opened fire on them, thereby killing seven of them and injuring several others.
The police commissioner said more police personnel would be deployed to the area.
