Thirty-four persons have again been killed by bandits who attacked Tungar Kafau and Gidan Wawa villages in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
The bandits, according to the Zamfara State Police Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Shehu, invaded the two villages on motorbikes, around 5:00 pm on Friday and began shooting indiscriminately at anyone they could see.
Apart from the dead, several others were said to have sustained various degrees of injuries.
The Police PRO in a statement, however, said, “Normalcy has been restored in Tungar Kafau and Gidan wawa in the Shibkafi LGA following attacks by bandits where 34 people were killed by the bandits.
“In order to forestall future occurrence in any part of the state, the Zamfara State Police Command, in collaboration with other security agencies, have made adequate security arrangements to ensure adequate protection of all villages and communities in the state.
“Today, 15th June, 2019, (Saturday), the Commissioner of Police, Zamfara State Command, CP Usman Nagogo, was in the state government’s delegation, led by the deputy governor, to the affected villages for the burial of the deceased.”
