Terrorists have attacked Danumaru village in Kebbi State, killing forty, including six police operatives.
According to a report by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Hausa service, the terrorists operated for hours in the village, where they blocked exit points and made it difficult for people to escape.
The killers also looted, rustled livestock belonging to the helpless locals, in a siege in which the six police operatives were reportedly killed. After causing havoc in Danumaru village, the terrorists moved to neighbouring villages where they also caused mayhem and razed down houses. Reports further said 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.
A 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. According to him, the terrorists shot sporadically killing helpless villagers and rustled their cattle.
Another resident of Danumaru, who survived the onslaught, explained that there was a mass exodus of people from the village which had been engulfed with fear and confusion. According to him, “Today, we’ve buried at least 37 bodies, apart from the six Police operatives that were killed”. He said although there was reinforcement of security operatives from Bena community, the terrorists laid siege on Danumaru village where those casualty figures were gotten “Over 30 villages were sacked, the people have all relocated to Bena”, he said.
Spokesperson of the Kebbi State Police Command was not able to answer inquiry on the attack as of the time of filing this report.
In a similar development; terrorists killed a young businessman and others in Shinkafi town, of Zamfara State.
A local lamented that they’ve been faced with the issue of insecurity in the area despite the presence of security operatives stationed at a location, which was a major route for the terrorists in the area.
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