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Update: Zamfara Massacre Death Toll Hits 250

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dead bodies assembled for funeral at Anguwar Galadima
dead bodies assembled for funeral at Anguwar Galadima

Death toll in weekend’s massacre in Yar Galadima Village in Zamfara State, yesterday, hit 250.

 

This came as governor of the state, Abdulaziz Yari, who visited the village, yesterday, broke down in tears on sighting corpses of women, children and other residents of the village littering every part of the village.

 

The governor and other officials participated in the burial of 119 people killed in the attack by the cattle rustlers.

 

A survivor of the weekend’s massacre, yesterday, confirmed counting 61 bodies even as the corpses were buried in mass graves.

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