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More than 60 people were massacred on Wednesday night as a result of an attack by some gunmen on Garki, Katuma and Kuzari villages in Sabon birni Local Government, Sokoto State.
A resident who spoke to our correspondence stated that those who sustained life-threatening injuries are receiving treatment currently at the General Hospital, Sabon Birni.
It was discovered that the number of people that died as a result of the attack may rise as more corpses are being deposited at the mortuary of Sabon Birni General Hospital.
Hundreds of people have fled their villages due to the frequent attacks by gunmen across the local government area.
18 people were killed in another attack at Faji, Lanjegu, Kadaye, Marakawa and Garin Ahmadu villages on Monday, which is about 15 to 20 kilometres from Sabon Birni town.
According to some residents of the affected villages, they belief that some of the armed attackers were herders, who used the occasion as their response to farmers’ efforts to prevent them from destroying their farms by grazing their heard. There have been a continuous increase in the number of residents in Sabon Birni LGA who fled their homes while those, who had stayed back, had formed vigilante groups to protect their communities from attack.
Source: SaharaReporters
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