GUNMEN KILL 69 IN ZAMFARA, SOUTHERN KADUNA

injured and were taken to the hospital in Kafanchan.

According to him, “The attacks occurred in the bush at different locations and at different times.

“The first attack occurred at about 10 a.m. when some members of our community went to the bush to cut wood for roofing their houses.

“All of a sudden, the herdsmen opened fire at them and three people were killed while others managed to escape.

“The second attack happened at about 11 a.m. at a local mining site. Three people were also killed there, while four others were injured.”

He added that the suspected herdsmen were dressed in army camouflage and mobile police uniforms.

Maurice said the distances between the village and the places where the attacks took place are between 5 and 6 kilometres, but by the time the soldiers deployed to the community got to the locations the bandits had disappeared.

“We reported the case to the soldiers maintaining security in our community and we went to the bush with them to hunt them down, but the bandits had fled,” he said.

However, the police could not confirm the attacks, as Aliyu Mukhtar, spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command did not respond to phone calls and a text message sent to him on the matter.