{"id":104592,"date":"2023-05-01T18:37:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T17:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=104592"},"modified":"2023-05-01T18:37:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T17:37:37","slug":"terrorists-kill-over-40-residents-abduct-many-others-in-kebbi-zamfara-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/terrorists-kill-over-40-residents-abduct-many-others-in-kebbi-zamfara-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrorists Kill Over 40 Residents, Abduct Many Others In Kebbi, Zamfara States"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1764713357518672229\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">No fewer than 40 villagers, including six police operatives have been killed by terrorists, locally dubbed as bandits, in Kebbi and Zamfara states during a vicious midnight attack on Sunday.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nIt was learnt that the gunmen operated for hours in the villages, where they blocked exit points and made it difficult for people to escape.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe terrorists were said to have also looted, rustled livestock belonging to the helpless locals, in a siege in which the six police operatives were reportedly killed.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAfter causing havoc in Danumaru village, the terrorists moved to neighbouring villages where they also caused mayhem and razed down houses.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAccording to a source, over 20 were buried in Kebbi, while three locals were killed in a similar terrorists attack on a community in Zamfara state at the weekend.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nA member of the vigilante group in Damumaru, said they spent over three hours exchanging gunshots with the terrorists, who stormed the village on Sunday morning, adding that the terrorists shot sporadically killing helpless villagers and rustled their cattle.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cThe trigger-happy terrorists came and killed about 16 locals here. They also abducted some people.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cI saw about 16 corpses in Danumaru village alone. In another location called Ramuna, they killed seven and five locals were killed in Danburku.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cI was in Danumaru village during the attack. Security operatives were informed. They clashed at a place called Ramuna and were engaged in a fierce combat,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAnother resident of Danumaru explained that there was a mass exodus of people from the village which had been engulfed with fear and confusion.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cToday, we\u2019ve buried at least 37 bodies apart from the six police operatives that were killed,\u201d he alleged.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHe said although there was reinforcement of security operatives from Bena community, the terrorists laid siege on Danumaru village where those casualty figures were gotten.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cIf you were coming back from the farm, they killed you. If you were moving out of the village, they killed you.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cI hid under the bed in my room. People are now moving out of the village, going to Bena because the entire villagers were afraid.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cOver 30 villages were sacked, the people have all relocated to Bena,\u201d the resident who survived the onslaught said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No fewer than 40 villagers, including six police operatives have been killed by terrorists, locally dubbed as bandits, in Kebbi and Zamfara states during a vicious midnight attack on Sunday.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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