Police confirm 9 killed in village attack in Zamfara

OndoReporter | Police confirm 9 killed in village attack in Zamfara

The police in Zamfara on Saturday confirmed
that nine persons were killed at Fanteka
Village in Daraga District of Maru Local
Government Area when unknown gunmen
attacked the community.

Confirming the attack to the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) in Gusau, Police Public Relations
Officer, DSP Sanusi Amiru, said the incident
was a reprisal attack by the gunmen on
Thursday.

According to the police spokesman, six of
those killed were members of the community,
while the other three were members of the
gang gunned down by the villagers.

He said that a team of armed policemen have
been able to restore peace to the affected
area, while a combined team of security men
were on the trail of the gunmen.

He, however, warned that the law prohibiting
illegal possession of firearms was still in place
and advised people against taking laws into
their hands.

An eye witness, Sule Musa, told NAN in the
village that the gunmen had earlier on the
fateful day invaded the community.
He said they were chased out by the villagers,
who shot and killed three members of the
gang.

Musa said the gunmen returned later on the
same day with more men on motorcycles and
shot arbitrarily killing six and injuring several
villagers.