Seven police operatives have been reported killed by suspected gunmen along Tofa-Magami road in Gusau local government area of Zamfara State.
According to a source, the police officers were killed around 6:00pm when they went to the area for patrol and surveillance.
It was re reported that, the bandits laid ambushed on the police operatives, killed seven of them and set their operational vehicle ablaze.
The source further said, the bandits came in large number and engaged the police operatives in a gun duel, as a result of which seven police operatives died.
Their dead bodies were evacuated to the mortuary of Yariman Bakura Specialists Hospital
Spokesperson of Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital Gusau Awwal Ruwan Doruwa confirmed that, their hospital has received the dead bodies of the slain police officers.
Effort to speak to Zamfara State Police command spokesperson SP Shehu Muhammad has failed as his telephone lines were not reachable.
