Armed group burns 11 members of a family in Zamfara
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on ThisDay
Eleven members of the same family were burned alive in their house in Gidan Taba, in Nigeria's Zamfara State, by armed men suspected of being bandits. Zamfara police say the attackers targeted the family of a member of a local self-defence group, according to This Day.
The 11 victims belonged to the family of Mallam Muhammadu Sani, a member of a local vigilante group who reportedly prevented bandits from operating freely in the area. The attackers reportedly gathered the household members in a single room before setting it on fire, according to the spokesman for the Zamfara State police, DSP Yazid Abubakar.
Zamfara police said their officers were searching for the perpetrators of the attack and working to restore security in the village of Gidan Taba, in the Dosara Birnin Kaya district, in Maradun local government area. The attackers reportedly targeted the family in retaliation for Muhammadu Sani's resistance, ThisDay reports.
The attack is part of a series of incidents involving armed groups in northern Nigeria. On 8 November, 13 members of another family were burned in an attack attributed to bandits in Nigeria.
