No fewer than ten persons, including a religious leader, were said to
have been killed by bandits in Dogon village of Tsafe Local Government
Area, and Birnin Yero of Shinkafi local authority of Zamfara State on
Sunday. It was learnt that armed bandits stormed the villages and began
to shoot sporadically in every direction and the shooting resulted in
the death of the nine people. According to reports, after killing the
people, the gunmen rushed into the mosque in the village and killed one
religious leader, Mallam Ibrahim Dan Kurya, who was offering his
prayers.while it was gathered that the remaining villagers had since
deserted the village for fear that the armed bandits would return. It
was gathered that after killing the religious leader, the armed bandits
searched his pockets and took his handset which they used in calling his
son, telling him that his father had been killed and that he should go
and take him away for burial. Mallam Ibrahim Dan Kurya has been buried
in Gusau, the state capital, according to Islamic rites. Confirming the
incident, Spokesperson for Zamfara State Police Command, SP Shehu
Mohammed, said troops of armed policemen had been dispatched to the area
to comb all nooks and crannies of the area to fish out the armed
bandits and prosecute them for their notorious activity. In a similar
attack in Birnin Yero village, Shinkafi Local government, gunmen
suspected to bandits stormed the villages and killed 3 civilian JTF, and
kidnapped three House wives of former vice chairman of Shinkafi local
government malan Bello Muhammad B/Yaro, of Zamfara state.Photo: Three Civilians JTF, religious leader, 6 others killed, 3 women kidnapped by armed bandits in Zamfara
No fewer than ten persons, including a religious leader, were said to
have been killed by bandits in Dogon village of Tsafe Local Government
Area, and Birnin Yero of Shinkafi local authority of Zamfara State on
Sunday. It was learnt that armed bandits stormed the villages and began
to shoot sporadically in every direction and the shooting resulted in
the death of the nine people. According to reports, after killing the
people, the gunmen rushed into the mosque in the village and killed one
religious leader, Mallam Ibrahim Dan Kurya, who was offering his
prayers.while it was gathered that the remaining villagers had since
deserted the village for fear that the armed bandits would return. It
was gathered that after killing the religious leader, the armed bandits
searched his pockets and took his handset which they used in calling his
son, telling him that his father had been killed and that he should go
and take him away for burial. Mallam Ibrahim Dan Kurya has been buried
in Gusau, the state capital, according to Islamic rites. Confirming the
incident, Spokesperson for Zamfara State Police Command, SP Shehu
Mohammed, said troops of armed policemen had been dispatched to the area
to comb all nooks and crannies of the area to fish out the armed
bandits and prosecute them for their notorious activity. In a similar
attack in Birnin Yero village, Shinkafi Local government, gunmen
suspected to bandits stormed the villages and killed 3 civilian JTF, and
kidnapped three House wives of former vice chairman of Shinkafi local
government malan Bello Muhammad B/Yaro, of Zamfara state.
