Bandits kill 11 Yansakai security men, rustle over 1200 cattle in Zamfara
Eyewitness accounts said the armed bandits stormed the village and rustled over 1200 cattle and left the scene of the crime, saying that the Yansakai men decided to trail them to recover the rustled cattle.
When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer SP Mohammed Shehu confirmed the incident but said that only four people were killed in the exchange of fire. “A group of local militia known as who pursued the rustlers were ambushed. As a result, four members of the Yansakai, including their Commander, Popularly known as Bala Maigora were killed. Others sustained gun wound injuries.
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