Tragedy in Zamfara as bandits assault residence, leaving 12 lifeless

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By Linda Ikeji
8 November 2026, 1:44 pm

12 members of the identical household have misplaced their lives after bandits allegedly set ablaze the constructing the place that they had taken refuge in Zamfara State.

The incident occurred in Gidan Taba village, Dosara Birnin Kaya Ward in Maradun Local Government Area of the state.

The attackers additionally reportedly kidnapped an unspecified variety of residents in the course of the raid, which occurred within the early hours of Saturday evening, November 7, 2026.

A resident of the realm mentioned the victims had been family members of 1 Mallam Muhammadu Sani, who had gathered his household right into a single room in an try to stop them from being kidnapped in the course of the assault.

It was gathered that the bandits found that the household had locked themselves contained in the room and ordered them to open the door, however they refused.

According to a supply, the attackers subsequently set the constructing ablaze, ensuing within the dying of all 12 members of the family.

Sources additional mentioned that aside from these killed, different residents had been reportedly kidnapped in the course of the raid, though the precise variety of these kidnapped couldn’t be ascertained as of press time.

Meanwhile, the 12 victims had been buried in keeping with Islamic rites on Sunday morning.

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