A group of suspected cattle rustlers have reportedly killed at least 42 people in Gidan Kaso town of Birnin Magaji Local Government area of Zamfara state.
According to Vanguard report, properties which worth millions of naira were also destroyed when the culprits launched an attack on the affected village.
The attackers were also said to have told the villagers to either surrender their animals to them or be killed.
It was gathered that while some of the residents complied with the directive, those who refused to obey were instantly fired, as a result of which many of them died.
Reports also informed that scores of people in the affected village also sustained various degree of injure as they attempted to escape.
The attack occurred following the killing of one of the colleagues of the hoodlums which they vowed to revenge upon, an eye witness told newsmen.
“For the past 20 days now, these people have been threatening the residents of this town that they will attack it, and since then, the people have not been themselves following the fear put in their minds by the threat,” the witness added.
However, the spokesperson of the state police command, Dsp Lawal Abdullahi, could not be reached as all his phone lines were switched off..
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