The Police in
Zamfara said several people were killed by gunmen suspected to be cattle
rustlers at a mining site in Gidan Ardo Village of Bindin district of Maru
Local Government Area.
The Police
Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Shehu Muhammad, disclosed this to
journalists in Gusau on Tuesday.
Mr. Muhammad,
however, said the command had yet to ascertain the actual number of those killed
during the mayhem; although residents said over 40 people were killed.
He said
investigation into the killing had just begun.
The
anti-terrorism squad of the command had already been deployed to the area to
join
the Army in trailing the gunmen. Muhammad assured that they would soon be
arrested.
Witnesses in
the area said the gunmen, numbering over 70, rode into the mining site at
around 3 p.m. on Monday and shot anyone on sight, killing over 40 persons and
injuring several others.
The gunmen
were said to have carted away most of the mineral finds and also killed some of
those that were in the mining pit.
The Chairman
of Maru Local Government, Salisu Dangulbi, confirmed the killings but said that
staff of the local council were still assisting security agents in their
investigation.
Armed bandits
resumed their assaults after the state had started a brief period of peace
following the launching of a military offensive (“Operation Harbin Kunama”)
initiated by President Muhammadu Buhari in July.
The bandits now
kidnap people in various parts of the state, the latest incident being the
kidnap of the Vice-Chairman of Anka Local Government Area who has since been
released. However, the village head of Doka is still their custody.
Similarly, the
bandits recently killed six members of the outlawed vigilante group “Yan Sa
Kai” in a confrontation on the outskirts of Anka town.
On Sunday, the
hoodlums also killed 10 traders from Kanoma town who were on their way to the
Talata-Mafara market.sunnewsonline
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