Gunmen Reportedly kill 9 Soldiers In Zamfara Village

Gunmen have reportedly killed nine soldiers at Sunke village in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State.

Theeagle on Saturday, October 5, gathered dozens of gunmen arrived on motorcycles, firing at soldiers and policemen Sunke is 30km south of Anka town,  the local government headquarters.

It was learnt that the attack was an obvious reprisal  on the earlier killing of bandits  by soldiers.

“Soldiers killed some repentant bandits and they vowed to avenge the attacks. The repentant bandits mobilized their men and raided the army formation in the village,” a source said.

The attacks on soldiers came barely two weeks after the state government raised alarm over possible attacks on seven local government areas by suspected Boko Haram members.

The spokesman of Operation Hadarin Daji  in the state, Captain Oni Orisan promised to get back to this reporter on the incident but didn’t before press time.