Eight killed, eight abducted in Zamfara highway attack

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On Tuesday, armed men blocked the Gusau-Funtua highway in Zamfara State, killing eight travelers and abducting eight others from two commercial vehicles. Following the attack, police and military forces engaged the armed group in a gunfight, reporting 17 deaths among the suspected bandits while the attackers concurrently targeted Magazu village. In a separate incident on the same day, police in Katsina State foiled an attempted attack on the Dansarai and Kamfani villages, resulting in the death of one suspected bandit.

Consequences

Security forces, including the military, police, community guards, and local vigilantes, have been deployed along the Gusau-Funtua highway and other vulnerable locations to search for the eight abducted passengers and the fleeing suspects. The ongoing presence of these armed groups remains a threat to transit on major federal highways in the region.

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