In a show of wickedness, some bandits on Saturday evening carried out an attack on a community in Zamfara State, locking up a man, his wife and eleven other family members inside a room and set it ablaze.
The bandits attacked Gidan Taba community in Maradun Local Government Area of the state, locked the man, whose name was given as Sani Ɗanwawo, his wife as well eleven other family members in the room, burning all of them to death.
They also unleashed horrific violence on other members of the community, killing some residents, injuring others and taking other inhabitants away into the forest as hostages.
A source in the know of the incident told Impact Nigeria News Online on Sunday afternoon that the grieving community is making arrangements for the burial of those burnt to death and other victims later on Sunday in accordance with Islamic rites.
The source added that the leaders of the community are expecting the bandits to establish contact with them regarding payment of ransom for the freedom of those abducted.
In another positive development, on Saturday evening, troops of Sector 2, Operation FANSAN YAMMA, rescued two kidnapped female victims during clearance operations in Bukkuyum and Anka local government areas of the state.
The victims, 20-year-old Ikilima Sani and 18-year-old Shamsiyya Aliyu, were rescued along the Gando Forest corridor as troops advanced on suspected terrorist hideouts around the Gizaza axis, forcing the terrorists to flee.
The operation was said to have been led by the Acting Commander of 1 Brigade, Colonel J. Umaru.
