Zamfara Massacre: Death Toll Hits 200; 18 APC Supporters, 7 Others Also Killed

By Vanguard, 10 Apr 2014 06:19 AM

18 APC supporters, 7 others By Uduma Kalu, Ndahi Marama & Salisu Maradun with agency reports GUSAU - DEATH toll in weekend's massacre in Unguwar Galadima community in Zamfara State, yesterday, hit 200. 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. Our correspondent said the governor and other officials participated in the burial of 79 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. This came as no fewer than 25 people, including politicians who were on their way to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital to attend the All Progressives Congress, APC, stakeholders meeting/congress were slaughtered by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in separate attacks in Gwoza council area and along