The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the killing of 5 worshippers and the kidnapping of a number of others in an assault on a mosque in Yandoto neighborhood, Tsafe Native Authorities Space.
Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Yazid Abubakar, disclosed this in a phone interview with journalists on Saturday.
Based on him, the assault occurred throughout morning prayers when armed bandits stormed the mosque, killing 5 folks, injuring a number of others, and abducting scores.
“The bandits reportedly surrounded the mosque, locked it, and started taking pictures at worshippers whereas they had been performing prayers,” Abubakar mentioned.
He added that the injured victims have been taken to Gusau Common Hospital for remedy, whereas the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Tsafe is compiling an in depth report on the variety of kidnapped individuals for onward transmission to the command headquarters.
Abubakar assured that further personnel have been deployed throughout the state to spice up safety, notably round locations of worship.
He appealed to residents to supply well timed and credible info to safety companies to assist stop additional assaults.
The incident comes barely two weeks after an analogous assault in Turbe village, additionally in Tsafe Native Authorities Space, the place a number of worshippers had been killed and plenty of others kidnapped.
