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Suspected bandits killed 12 members of a family in Gidan Taba village, Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State, by setting their room on fire during an attack on Saturday night, according to the local government chairman. The victims, including a father, his wives, and young children, were reportedly killed by the intense heat generated by the fire rather than direct contact with the flames. The family of Muhammadu Sani, a member of a local vigilante group, had taken refuge in the room when armed men invaded the community in Dosara Birnin Kaya Ward. The exact number of abducted residents has not been established due to the tension in the community. The attack came days after another deadly assault in Zamfara, where at least eight security personnel were killed in an ambush near Gidan-Giye village in Tsafe Local Government Area.
Amnesty International has condemned the killing of the family, stating that the attack once again exposed the utter failure of the Nigerian authorities to end over a decade of bloody security crisis in Zamfara.
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