Residents said the armed men stormed the community around 1am and began to fire shots from several directions.
Terrorists locally dubbed as bandits on Monday killed a medical doctor and abducted 10 people including members of the slain doctor’s family in an attack on Jangebe community, Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
Jangebe community has suffered series of abductions. From January to date, there have been at least four cases of bandits’ invasions of the community according to the residents.In December 2022, the family members of a lawmaker representing Talata Mafara LGA were kidnapped in the community.According to Daily Trust, they reportedly shot him dead immediately they forced themselves into the house and took away his family members and some other residents in the neighborhood.
“We are battling to come to terms with what would have led to the killing of the medical doctor. The whole community was thrown into mourning because the doctor had been very helpful to us. “Some residents reported hearing a heated argument between the armed men over the killing of the doctor. We heard a voice of one of them scolding those who shot dead the doct,” a resident, Hamza, said.SaharaReporters.com is an outstanding, groundbreaking news website that encourages citizen journalists to report ongoing corruption and government malfeasance in Africa.
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