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SUSPECTED bandits have reportedly killed at least seven policemen in an ambush near Zonai village in Magami district in Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
The policemen, residents said, were returning from duty where they mounted, on Monday, a check point near Zonai village along Gusau-Magami-Dansadau road when the armed gang opened fire on the vehicle conveying the officers.
The spokesman of the state police command, SP Muhammad Shehu, is yet to react to the report.
However, the Public Relations Officer of the Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Awwal Usman Ruwandoruwa, said that the remains of the slain officers were brought to the hospital around 8am today.
