No fewer than 5 worshippers had been killed and a number of other others kidnapped on Friday morning when armed bandits stormed a mosque in Yandoto village, Tsafe Native Authorities Space of Zamfara State, throughout early morning prayers.
Residents stated the gunmen invaded the mosque whereas prayers had been ongoing and opened hearth indiscriminately, killing 5 folks immediately and injuring many extra.
Based on a resident, the bandits got here round daybreak and began taking pictures at folks praying.
The assailants had been stated to have additionally kidnapped an unspecified variety of worshippers earlier than retreating into the encompassing forests.
When contacted, the Zamfara State Police Command spokesperson, DSP Yazid Abubakar, stated he had not but been briefed on the incident by the Divisional Police Officer in control of the realm.
The assault is the most recent in a sequence of assaults concentrating on locations of worship in Tsafe LGA. Barely per week in the past, gunmen stormed Gidan Turbe village, additionally in Tsafe, abducting about 40 worshippers throughout daybreak prayers.
In the meantime, in a separate tragedy within the state, over 100 unlawful miners are feared lifeless after a gold pit collapsed on Thursday in Kadauri village, Maru LGA. Witnesses stated the pit caved in, trapping scores of miners.
Efforts to rescue these buried reportedly led to extra casualties, as a number of the rescuers suffocated within the course of. At the very least eight our bodies have to this point been recovered and returned to their neighborhood in Mekwanugga village for burial.
Each incidents underscore the deepening safety and security challenges in Zamfara, the place armed violence and financial desperation proceed to take a heavy toll on rural communities.
