Bandits have reportedly killed two locals and injured five others in Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
A resident of the town, Usman Tsafe disclosed that the terrorists struck at 11:21 am on Sunday with sophisticated weapons and started shooting sporadically.
The source disclosed that the bandits were on a reprisal against the State local security outfit, Community Protection Guards, CPD, operatives over the killing of some of their members last week.
“They came in large number on many motorcycles and started shooting at people. That is how the ravaging bandits killed the two people and five of our people sustained various degrees of gunshot injury. They are now receiving medical attention at Tsafe General Hospital,” Tsafe stated.
He also stated that the situation would have been worse but for the military intervention.
According to him, the troops engaged the bandits, leading to the arrest of four while many fled with gunshot wounds.
Tsafe called on both the federal and Zamfara State governments to deploy more troops to the area to mitigate the activities of the bandits.
