Ambush kills eight officers in Nigeria’s Zamfara State
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Sowetan
An ambush on a police convoy in Nigeria’s Zamfara State killed eight security personnel, including five police officers and three community guards. The attackers also took five rifles and may have abducted officers, according to police and local officials cited by Reuters.
An ambush on a police convoy killed at least eight officers on Tuesday near the village of Gidan-Giye, in the Tsafe local government area of Nigeria’s Zamfara State. The victims were five police officers and three members of the Zamfara Community Protection Guard, a state-backed volunteer force supporting security operations, according to local officials cited by Reuters.
The attackers opened fire on a 15-seat minibus carrying the team and destroyed the vehicle, said Lawal Haruna, commander of the volunteer force. Police recovered the bodies of the five officers, rescued seven agents and evacuated two injured people for treatment, according to a statement cited by Reuters.
The attackers took five AK-47 rifles. Police officers also said that some agents had been abducted and taken to an unknown location, but the number of people still missing had not been confirmed, according to Reuters.
The attack took place on the same day as the publication of information on the identities of five officers killed in an ambush in Zamfara State.
