Scores of locals have been killed in four Zamfara Communities following attacks by bandits.
Unspecified number of Persons were also abducted to an unidentified location, while four sustained gunshots wounds
The Communities are Gidan Dan-Inna, Gwaji, Karoka in Kwai- Kwai District and Faru, In Faru District of Bungudu and Maradun local government areas of the state
Most of those killed were members of the Local vigilante group keeping watch on their Communities and others were attacked in their farms.
Eye witness account revealed that the gunmen stormed the communities with sophisticated weapons, killed the locals and rustled cattle
The villages were attacked Sunday evening and Monday morning respectively and properties worth millions of Naira were destroyed
Police authorities Confirmed the incident
Spokesperson of the Zamfara State Police Command Shehu Mohammed says twenty Persons were in three villages in Bungudu Local Government and Five were killed in Maradun Local Government areas
He adds that four Persons sustained Gunshot injuries and are currently recieving medical attention in an undisclosed health facility
The police says armed personnel were deployed to the affected and sorounding Communities to ensure safety of the locals
Efforts to recover the stolen cattle according to the police is in Progress.
Maradun Local Government is the hometown of the Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle.
