Hours later, early Monday morning, another group of gunmen invaded Kairu Community in Zugu District, killing two residents and abducting an unspecified number of people.
Suspected bandits have killed two children and two other residents while abducting several people in a series of attacks across Zamfara State.
The coordinated assaults took place between Sunday night and Monday morning, February 24, 2025, in Gusau and Bukuyyum local government areas.
According to counter-insurgency expert and security analyst, Zagazola Makama in a post on X on Tuesday, armed men stormed Shemori Village, Mada District at about 8:30pm on Sunday and kidnapped six women.
Hours later, early Monday morning, another group of gunmen invaded Kairu Community in Zugu District, killing two residents and abducting an unspecified number of people.
In Gusau LGA’s Mada Town, the attackers targeted Hayin Bajumi, where they set ablaze the house of one Aliyu Usman.
The fire claimed the lives of his two children, five-year-old Ishaq Aliyu and two-year-old Jafar Aliyu.
The assailants also kidnapped Usman’s neighbour’s wife along with her one-year-old baby before fleeing the scene.
