Many Injured As Bandits Reportedly Set Fire On Police Outpost, Shops, 3 Houses In Zamfara

“Bandits from Gando forest carried out the attack. What I was informed by some of the residents who fled to Bukkuyum town was that the three of the houses were those adjacent to the police outpost.

”Residents said that the bandits had passed the community but returned around to attack it.

“What we believe is that the bandits returned into Zugu to neutralise the policemen in the outpost located in the village. The bandits know that the policemen would respond to distress call so they decided to attack the outpost first,” he said.

Mr Garba said the shops were looted before they were set on fire.

He said many of the wounded sustained gunshot wounds while others were injured in the stampede that ensued as people tried to escape from the gunmen.

“I was in Gummi when I received a call that bandits have stormed Zugu and would be moving to other areas in the western part of the area. No one was killed and all the policemen on duty fled to safety before the bandits could reach the outpost,”