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Suspected bandits have killed 42 people in five communities of Faru district in Maradun local government area of Zamfara state, on Thursday.
Although the spokesperson of the state Police Command, SP Mohammed Shehu confirmed that 35 people were killed in the five communities.
Shehu stated that the police could not reach the affected communities on time when they were informed of the bandits’ attack due to the road network.
He said, “The police personnel tried their best to reach the affected communities on receiving the information that the bandits were there but unfortunately they could not reach the places because of the bad roads.’’
The affected communities are Tsauni, Gudan-Baushi, Gidan-Adamu, Wari and Gudan-Maidawa.
An indigene, Baba Ibrahim said that the attackers went to the villages, about 100 of them came to the villages on motorcycles and opened fire.
They were shooting sporadically at people they came across in the five communities. They also attacked farmers who were in their farmlands cultivating their crops.
“So far, 42 dead bodies have been recovered by the security and volunteer groups in the area,” he said, adding that the bodies were expected to be buried on Friday.”
