{"id":99662,"date":"2022-09-24T22:38:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T21:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=99662"},"modified":"2022-09-24T22:38:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T21:38:21","slug":"terrorists-invade-zamfara-mosque-kill-18-worshippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/terrorists-invade-zamfara-mosque-kill-18-worshippers\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrorists invade Zamfara mosque, kill 18 worshippers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Residents of Ruwan Jema, a community in Bukkuyum area of Zamfara State said terrorists attacked a Jum\u2019at mosque on Friday and killed 18 people.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nPointblanknews.com sources said\u00a0 the attack began a few minutes after 1 p.m. and lasted for over an hour.<\/p>\n<p>The attack, according to Pointblanknews.com sources was suspected to have been carried by terrorists from either the Dogo Gudale gang or Shadari gang, which are based in the nearby Gando forest.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAn indigene of Bukkuyum town, Abdullahi Salisu, told this newspaper that the terorrists arrived the mosques in motorcycles just as Jum\u2019at prayer was about to start and started shooting at the worshippers indiscriminately.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the bandits came on their motorcycles, they rode straight to the mosque. When the worshippers, who were already inside the mosque learnt of their arrival, they started running outside but it was too late as the bandits opened fire on the worshippers,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p>Mr Salisu, who was in Bukkuyum town Saturday afternoon, said Ruwan Jema has been deserted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who hid inside their houses and silos later recovered eight dead bodies inside the mosque while ten other corpses were recovered outside the mosque. As of Friday night, 18 dead bodies were counted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that several residents fled into the bush but were later seen in other communities while others trekked to Bukkuyum, the local government area headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>A traditional ruler, who asked not to be named for safety reasons, said several residents are receiving treatment at the General Hospital in Bukkuyum.<\/p>\n<p>He said four people who sustained serious injuries were taken to the Usman Danfodio University Teaching Hospital in Sokoto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are more than ten victims with gunshots injuries in Bukkuyum General Hospital . This morning, the medical officer asked that four people should be taken to Sokoto for urgent medical attention. I was there when they left. 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