Suspected gunmen in their large numbers invaded Tungar Ruwa village in Anka local government area of Zamfara state and killed scores of people.
According to a source who does not want to be named, the gunmen invaded the town in the midnight of Wednesday ransacked the entire village firing gunshots at the residents
He said the attack resulted in the killing of nine persons including the village head who was slaughtered in the presence of his subjects.
“They invaded the house of the village head, brought him to the public and slaughtered him to death” the source added.
He added that, the gunmen have equally rustled undisclosed number of livestock and also bugled some shops and carted away with food stuffs.
He told this medium that the residents of the area,, especially women have already fled out of the village due to the fear of another attack.
Effort to speak to the Zamfara police spokesperson SP Shehu Muhammad failed as his telephone lines were switched off as at the time of filing this report.
