13 Zamfara Residents Drown Fleeing Gunmen Attack, 22 Missing in Boat Incident

In Zamfara State, at least 13 residents drowned while fleeing an attack by gunmen, with 22 others reported missing. The incident occurred when armed assailants raided two communities in Birnin Magaji ward, prompting residents to escape on a crowded boat that capsized in a river.

Witnesses shared harrowing accounts of overloaded boats and terrified people trying to flee the violence. This tragic event adds to the escalating violence in Zamfara, with recent reports of mass abductions and killings by gunmen in the region, including the abduction of over 100 people in a previous attack.