At least 13 persons d!ed and 22 others were missing in Zamfara State after the boat they crowded in order to escape an attack by armed men sank in a river, residents and officials told Reuters News Agency on Saturday. According to the report, the assailants stormed Danmaga and Tungar Maigunya communities in Birnin Magaji ward in Gummi Local Government Area on Friday afternoon, August 29, sending residents fleeing towards a nearby riverbank that had a single boat, residents said. My eldest son and two other nieces were among the 13 people who d!ed when the boat was overloaded with terrified people, Shehu Mohammed, a health worker in Birnin Magaji, told Reuters. Maidamma Dankilo, the district head of Birnin Magaji, said 13 people from the boat had been confirmed d3ad, 22 had been rescued and 22 others were still missing. Gunmen k!lled at least two people and abducted more than 100 last weekend in an attack some 150 kilometres west of Birnin Magaji. The post 13 Zamfara residents fleeing bandit attack drown, 22 others missing appeared first on Swordpress.
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At least 13 persons d!ed and 22 others were missing in Zamfara State after the boat they crowded in order to escape an attack by armed men sank in a river, residents and officials told Reuters News Agency on Saturday. According to the report, the assailants stormed Danmaga and Tungar Maigunya communities in Birnin Magaji ward in Gummi Local Government Area on Friday afternoon, August 29, sending residents fleeing towards a nearby riverbank that had a single boat, residents said. My eldest son and two other nieces were among the 13 people who d!ed when the boat was overloaded with terrified people, Shehu Mohammed, a health worker in Birnin Magaji, told Reuters. Maidamma Dankilo, the district head of Birnin Magaji, said 13 people from the boat had been confirmed d3ad, 22 had been rescued and 22 others were still missing. Gunmen k!lled at least two people and abducted more than 100 last weekend in an attack some 150 kilometres west of Birnin Magaji. 
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