BY: SANI HARUNA DUTSIN-MA, ZAMFARA
Six persons were killed while four others sustained various degree of injuries when bandits invaded kadamutsawa village under Kotorkoshi District in Bungudu local government area of Zamfara State.
The Zamfara State police command’s Public relation officer ASP Yazid Abubakar confirmed this to newsmen in Gusau, the state capital.
Yazid said they received an information from the District Head of kotorkoshi, Alhaji Bello Umar which revealed that, a large number of unidentified armed men suspected to be local armed volunteer group invaded the village and started shooting.
According to him, this led to the death of six persons with four others sustain injuries, adding that injured ones were taken to hospital for medical attention while one of the injured victims died while receiving treatment.
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The command is appealing to the relatives of the affected victims to continue to exercise patience and allow the authorities to handle the situation.
Similarly, the Commissioner of Police, CP. Mohammed Bunu also assured the good people of the state that, the spade of senseless killings in Zamfara state must stop as the federal government is determined and working assiduously to restore peace in every part of the country.