Gunmen kill 10 in Zamfara

Gunmen shot and hacked to death about 10 people during a raid on two neighbouring villages in Zamfara State, police said on Sunday, in an area plagued by Islamist militancy and lawlessness. The motive behind the late Saturday attack on the villages of Makera and Usu was not known, police said.
It was also unclear whether militant Islamist sect Boko Haram, or a criminal gang were behind it, Reutersreports on Sunday.
“There was an attack in these villages in Zamfara and people were killed. I think the number is around 10,” Zamfara police spokesman, Hassan Talba, said on the telephone from the scene.
He said the prime suspects were gangs of Fulani herdsmen but that police were still investigating.