Bandits have again attacked Zamfara community, killed a mobile policeman attached to the Maru Police Division, and also abducted the wife of the district head at Ruwan Doruwa in the Mari local government area.
The bandits also abducted 14 people in the community.
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Although the police authorities in the state were yet to comment on the latest attack, a resident of the community, Abdullahi Ruwandoruwa, said in a phone conversation that the incident happened in the early hours of yesterday.
He said the assailants unleashed gunfire indiscriminately after they stormed the community.
According to him, a mobile policeman was fatally shot in front of the district head’s residence while attempting to defend the house.
He said the bandits’ mission was to kidnap the district head, but they could not locate him, instead they kidnapped his wife.
“They found their way to the district head’s house where they shot the policeman in front of the house.
“As they entered the house, they did not meet the district head at home, but they found his wife and took her away,” he said.
Ruwandoruwa said the bandits have yet to contact the community for ransom regarding the abducted individuals.