{"id":122526,"date":"2025-09-26T19:33:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T18:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=122526"},"modified":"2025-09-26T19:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T18:33:13","slug":"worshippers-shot-dead-in-zamfara-mosque-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/worshippers-shot-dead-in-zamfara-mosque-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Worshippers Shot Dead in Zamfara Mosque Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Oscar Okhifo<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least five worshippers were on Friday morning killed when armed bandits stormed a mosque in Yandoto village, Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, during early morning prayers.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eyewitnesses said the attackers opened fire on worshippers observing the dawn prayers, killing five people instantly and leaving several others injured.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A man who identified himself simply as Danasabe said, &#8220;I narrowly escaped but, my brother was shot. He is among those in the hospital. We thank Allah that they did not sorround the Mosque. Otherwise, they would have shot me as I dashed out from another exit point.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also speaking, a middle aged man, &#8220;Early morning prayers have become so called Abdullahi said, &#8220;Morning prayers are now very dangerous. No one is sure if he will return alive. But, it&#8217;s our faith. We must practice it as Allah instructs&#8221; Said Abdullahi. Who was among the lucky ones.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;How long will this continue? Not even armenesty and the peace moves from the Governor has pacified these people. What do they want? What have we done?&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of the injured are currently receiving treatment and are reportedly responding well.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The gunmen, who operated for several minutes, also abducted an unspecified number of worshippers before retreating into the nearby forest.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The police in Zamfara are yet to release an official statement on the incident, as reports indicate that the command had not been fully briefed by its local division at the time of filing this report.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Friday attack comes just days after another mosque invasion in Gidan Turbe, also in Tsafe Local Government Area, where about 40 worshippers were abducted during dawn prayers.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0In that earlier case, the assailants reportedly surrounded the mosque around 5:30 a.m. before whisking away the captives into forests in the Gohori axis.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The incident underscores the persistent wave of banditry and mass abductions that has turned Zamfara into one of the hardest-hit states in northern Nigeria, with communities repeatedly targeted despite ongoing security operations.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Questions persist over the effectiveness of the military campaigns, which many Nigerians believe are not fierce enough.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0When, they ask, will the Nigerian state unleash its full might on these agents of horror? Critics argue that the more the Governors\u00a0 of Katsina and Zamfara negotiate with the killers, the more they embolden them to kill and abduct, leaving citizens to wonder why state actors have refused to balance the terror and deliver lasting peace in the troubled region.<\/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>By Oscar Okhifo At least five worshippers were on Friday morning killed when armed bandits stormed a mosque in Yandoto village, Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, during early&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":94064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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