Bandits raided three villages in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara State
last Saturday, leaving seven people dead and seven in hospital, an
official said. The area sees frequent clashes between criminal gangs and
vigilance groups.
“A group of gunmen launched coordinated attacks on neighbouring
Makera, Azuko and Usu villages and killed seven people,” state
Communications Director, Ibrahim Birnin-Magaji told AFP. “Seven people
were also injured in the attack and are receiving treatment in
hospital.”
He added: “The gunmen opened fire on worshippers in mosques shortly
before the morning prayers around 5:30a.m.” Makera resident, Aliyu
Sahabi said a vigilance group pursued the assailants and its leader and
his son were killed in an exchange of fire. A nurse in a nearby public
hospital confirmed that its morgue had taken in seven cadavers with
bullet wounds.
In October, bandits killed 20 people in another Zamfara village,
grabbing money and property as they fled. But Birnin-Magaji said the
assailants did not steal anything in Saturday’s raids. “It was sheer
barbarism and murder with no purpose other than to kill, because they
did not ask for money and did not take anything from the villages they
attacked,” he said. The rise of vigilance groups in response to banditry
had caused a spiral of violence in the region. Last June, robbers
killed 23 people, including some who had their throats slit.
Sun
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