At least 55 persons have been reportedly killed in separate deadly attacks by bandits in two local government areas of Zamfara State.
About 48 persons were reportedly killed in three communities of Sabon Gari Damri, Damri and Kalahe in Bakura Local Government Area of the state.
The Sole Administrator of Bakura council area, Aminu Suleiman, who confirmed the attack, weekend, said the bandits, in their large number and riding on motorcycles, launched an attack via Sabon Gari Damri village around 2 pm on Friday.
They reportedly killed nine persons and then proceeded to the Damri community where they killed four persons including a police officer and personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The outlaws also set ablaze a Hilux vehicle belonging to the police.
The bandits then killed eight persons in Kalahe community, a village between Sabon Gari Damri and Damri town.
The bandits attacked a healthcare facility in Damri town and killed some patients as the military engaged the bandits in Damri community in a gun battle, which forced the bandits to retreat to Sabon Gari Damri and kill 26 persons.
Military personnel entered the town and exchanged fire and forced the bandits to move back to Sabon Gari Damri, after killing nine persons at the village, they went back and killed about 21, a total of 48 people were killed during the attacks.
In the fresh attack on Saturday afternoon, a local source in Maradun said two villages, Faru and Kauyen Minane, were attacked.
