Bandits burn 13 members of a family in Nigeria
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Post
Bandits locked thirteen members of the same family in a room before setting their house on fire on Saturday evening in the village of Gidan Taba, in Maradun local government area of Zamfara State. The victims, including Sani Ɗanwawo, were burned alive, according to the Daily Post.
Bandits killed 13 members of the same family by locking them in a room before setting their house on fire, in the community of Gidan Taba, Maradun local government area, in Zamfara State, Nigeria, according to the Daily Post. The victims, identified as Sani Ɗanwawo and his 12 relatives, died burned in the attack that took place on the night of Saturday to Sunday.
Zamfara State, in north-west Nigeria, has seen recurrent attacks by armed groups. On 3 November, an ambush there killed eight officers, and the Nigerian army there freed two young women who had been kidnapped, reported Zamfara sets up committee against illegal mining.
