Suspected bandits killed at least 8 people in an attack on Janbako village in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Daily Trust gathered.
Residents told our correspondent that a motorbike riding gang of armed men stormed the village firing at the residents.
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“There was pandemonium in the community and every one was running helter skelter even though some of our local vigilantes managed to fight back and killed some of the attackers,”
“We had to station some armed vigilantes to give protection to those who have come to the cemetery to bury the victims.
“Most of the victims were killed while trying to escape the attack.
“The assailants were shooting people indiscriminately.
“We are however, grateful to security operatives for their quick response to the attack other wise it would have been more disastrous,” a resident said.
The spokesman of the state police command, SP Muhammad Shehu, could not be reached for comment at the time of filing this report.
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