The death toll from a daylight attack by suspected bandits on farmlands in Sauna District, Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, has risen to 23, community sources confirmed on Thursday.
Earlier reports put the number of those killed at 16. According to fresh accounts from Sauna District, the figure increased after more bodies were recovered from the farms.
Residents said the victims were attacked while working on their farmlands on Thursday morning.
An indigene of the area who wanted to remain anonymous for security reasons said the bandits, who arrived on multiple motorcycles, opened fire indiscriminately on anyone found in the fields.
Immediately after they arrived at the farmlands, they opened fire indiscriminately, killing all the farmers working there.
