No less than two folks have been killed and a number of other others kidnapped after armed bandits launched a recent assault on Sabon Sarah, a group in Bakura Native Authorities Space of Zamfara State, early Wednesday morning.
The incident was revealed in a submit by safety analyst Bakatsine on his X deal with.
In keeping with the submit, “Bandits attacked Sabon Sarah group in Bakura LGA, Zamfara State. They killed two folks, injured one and kidnapped a number of folks together with adolescent women in the course of the assault.”
Authorities within the state are but to difficulty an official assertion relating to the incident.
Zamfara State has in latest days change into a hotspot for bandit assaults, with communities going through fixed concern and violence.
The state stays one of many worst-hit by banditry in Nigeria, with 1000’s of individuals killed, kidnapped, and displaced.
Earlier this week, armed bandits invaded Katuru village in Shinkafi Native Authorities Space, the place they injured two folks and kidnapped two girls.
In a separate incident the identical week, bandits stormed a mosque throughout night prayers in Unguwar Galadunci, a group in Anka LGA the place a number of worshippers had been kidnapped, and plenty of others injured within the assault.
In response to the rising violence, civil society teams referred to as on each the federal and state governments to take pressing and severe steps to guard lives and property within the state.
Amnesty Worldwide, a world human rights group, additionally condemned the assaults, describing them as one other signal of the federal government’s failure to guard its most weak residents.