Bandits Kill Six, Abduct Women, Children In Zamfara
Unidentified gunmen have attacked Rijiya village in Gusau, the capital of Zamfara State, murdering six people and injuring many more.
The attackers also kidnapped some women and children.
According to an eyewitness who spoke with BBC Hausa, the gunmen assaulted the settlement with motorbikes around midday on Sunday and began firing sporadically, killing six villagers.
“We were taken unaware when the bandits stormed the community and started house to house search for women. Those who were kidnapped were mostly married women and children, including nursing babies.
“As I am talking, nobody can exactly say the number of people kidnapped as everyone was running helter-skelter for the safety of their lives,” a source said.
According to the source, the bandits penetrated the Rijiya community through the Tsafe Local Government Area of the state when some of the villagers were already on their farms.
“When we heard gunshots from the village we were apprehensive because we know that nowhere is saved in the state and most of us in the farms quickly ran away for safety.
“I can identify all those killed during the attack, they were one Rufai, Sani Lawali who is a political adviser to the Governor, there is one Murtala whom they shot at the heart and two others that brought intervention but eventually killed by the bandits,” he added.
He said the corpses of those who lost their lives in the attack were in the custody of community members and would be buried according to Islamic injunctions on Monday.
