Gunmen Kill More Than 30 In Bloody Zamfara Attacks

More than 30 people have been killed in
fresh attacks by gunmen in Birnin-Magaji
local government area of Zamfara state.
Muhammad Gusami, the chairman of the
council, said on July 5, Sunday, that the
attacks took place in Kokeya and Chigama
villages in the area.
Gusami said that the gunmen invaded
Kokeya village with motorcycles and killed two
people, set some houses ablaze and carted
away animals. He noted that the incident had
been reported to the divisional police officer
of Birnin-Magaji as well as soldiers on
surveillance of the zone.
According to the chairman, the gunmen
returned the next day and also invaded the
neighbouring village of Chigama.
“The gunmen, however, killed more than 30
persons whose bodies were still being
recovered from the bush,’’ he said.
Gusami noted that the Chigama attack took
place shortly after three police trucks left the
village when they noticed that peace had
returned to the area. The armed bandits also
set several houses on fire on their second
attack on Chigama village.
Premium Times did not state when the
bloody attacks occurred.