Gunmen suspected of being cattle thieves killed
at least 37 people in a village in northern Nigeria's
Zamfara state, a local government official said
Monday.
"The gunmen killed 37 people in the attack on Cigama
village shortly after they attacked Kokeya village where they killed two people," Muhammad Bala
Gusami told AFP after Saturday's violence.
"The attack on Cigama was obviously in response to
the deployment by vigilantes from the village to
nearby Kokeya which helped in pushing the bandits
out," he said. Gusami, who is the administrator of the local
government area, said some 50 gunmen had taken
part in the attack on Cigama, shooting
indiscriminately.
He said several houses were burnt down and herds of
cattle stolen during the attack. Zamfara state has seen repeated incidents of cattle
rustling and deadly raids on farming villages,
prompting local communities to set up vigilante
groups to counter the bandits. Also read: Police kill two suspected cattle rustlers in Delta The vigilantes are often accused of carrying out extra-
judicial killings of suspected rustlers.
In retaliation, armed gangs on motorcycles are said to
have raided villages to avenge the killing of their
colleagues.
In June 2013, more than 50 people were killed when around 150 attackers stormed Kizara village to
avenge the killing of their comrades by local
vigilantes.
In February last year, 20 people were killed in similar
raids on neighbouring Rakumi, Mallamawa and
Karagawa villages. The bandits use a forest straddling Zamfara, Katsina,
Kaduna and Niger states as a hideout from which to
launch raids on herding communities.
The governors of the four states met in Kaduna last
week to forge a common front on fighting the cattle
raiders.
Source: m.news24.com/Nigeria/National/News/Suspected-cattle-thieves-kill-37-in-Zamfara-20150706

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una judgement go hot.