Robbers kill 10 in Zamfara

Posted by admin Headlines, State News, Zamfara Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

AT least 10 persons were reported killed, when suspected armed robbers stormed Tungan Baushe and Guru in Dansadau in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

Speaking with the Nigerian Tribune at the Federal Medical Centre Gusau, a survivor of the attack, Mallam Mande Adamu, said the robbers came in broad daylight.

Nigerian Tribune findings gathered that the attack on the two villages could be a revenge mission as some of the villagers were reported to have killed some armed robbers who terrorised the villages in recent times.

According to a source, “nearly a month ago, there were extrajudicial killings of suspected armed robbers in Dansadau by a vigilante group.”

The source further said that the vigilante group had previously embarked on house to house search and had killed many people in the past in the guise of flushing out armed robbers.
The source claimed that, even robbers that had repented were killed by the group.

It was alleged that the vigilante group took the laws into their hands by refusing to handover suspected robbers for prosecution.

When contacted over the armed robbers attack, the state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Sanusi Amiru, said the police had received the report and had sent their investigating team to the areas.

The PPRO added that they were yet to confirm the number of those killed in the attack.

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