Four persons have been confirmed dead by the police in Zamfara following attack by gunmen on Tangaran village in Anka local government area of the state on Tuesday night.
The Zamfara State Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Sanusi Amiru, confirmed the incident on Thursday in Gusau while briefing newsmen.
The gunmen arrived the village in the night while the residents were getting ready to go to bed and opened fire on those still outside during which the four persons were killed.
According to an eyewitness, Kabiru Umar, an 11-year-old girl who was selling bean cake was among those killed. When her mother came to pick her remains, she was shot on her b*ttocks.
The command spokesman said six other persons sustained various degrees of injuries and were taken to Anka General Hospital. He said that the police recovered three bullet shells.
Amiru said that normalcy had returned to the area and the police had commenced tracking of the attackers.
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