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Eleven members of a household have been burnt to dying in their house by suspected bandits at Gidan Taba village in Dosara Birnin Kaya Ward of Maradun Local Government Area in Zamfara State.
The incident, which occurred final Saturday evening, has thrown the whole group into mourning and concern.
Confirming the unhappy growth, the spokesperson of the state Police Command, DSP Yazid Abubakar, stated the assault was carried out by suspected bandits.
According to him, the armed group stormed the home and gathered the whole family in one room.
He stated the bandits thereafter set the room ablaze, burning all of the occupants to dying.
It was gathered that the victims belonged to the household of 1 Mallam Muhammadu Sani.
Sani is alleged to be a member of the native vigilante group working in the realm.
He had reportedly denied the bandits freedom of operation in the troubled space.
The bandits had been stated to have determined to remove him and his whole household in retaliation for his resistance.
The Zamfara State Police Command spokesman stated police operatives are on the path of the assailants, including that the police are at present working to restore normalcy in the affected village.
