Gunmen kill policeman, five others in Zamfara

Gunmen terrorising Zamfara State struck again Friday night, killing a police corporal and five others in Gurbin Bore village, Zurmi Local Government Area of the state.

The Zamfara State Police Command spokesman, SP Mohammed Shehu, who confirmed the incident, said the bandits numbering about 100 attacked the community at 10 pm of Friday night.

According to him, three other persons were severely wounded and had been taken to hospital where they were receiving treatment.

He said: “11 vehicles including a police vehicle, three motorcycles and five kiosks were set ablaze by the hoodlums.”

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Continuing, Shehu said the bandits, believed to have come from Dumburum forest, were engaged by a combined team of counter-terrorists, comprising police Mobile Force, Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad personnel stationed in the area, repelling them.

He however said that the footpath of the bandits were being trailed in the bushes, vowing that the perpetrators would be arrested and brought to book.

Also speaking to journalists on the matter, the Vice Chairman of Zurmi Local Government Area, Alhaji Abubakar Dauran, said a total of 13 shops were burnt while 15 vehicles were set ablaze.

 

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