{"id":3612,"date":"2024-12-05T05:21:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T05:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=3612"},"modified":"2024-12-05T05:21:07","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T05:21:07","slug":"travellers-killed-as-bandits-plant-explosives-on-zamfara-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/12\/05\/travellers-killed-as-bandits-plant-explosives-on-zamfara-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Travellers killed as bandits plant explosives on Zamfara road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3613\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/download-8-1-300x168.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/download-8-1-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/download-8-1.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Amah<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kindly share:<\/p>\n<p>An unspecified number of commuters were on Wednesday killed in Zamfara State when the vehicle conveying them ran over explosives allegedly planted by bandits.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The attack took place along the Dansadau-Gusau Road,\u00a0 at Yar Tasha village,\u00a0Maru Local Government Area of the state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Reports have bandied different casualty figures, from seven to 13 dead.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This was the second such attack in the area within a week by the bandits believed to be avenging the death of their leader, Sammy Black in September.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The first attack was took place on Sunday when an 18-seater vehicle was also blown up, killing its sole occupant.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In the Wednesday incident, a resident, who was identified as Abdullahi Dansadau, disclosed that a Volkswagen Golf 3 vehicle exploded after it ran over the explosives, killing three people, and leaving eight others injured.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nSpeaking with Channels Television, Dansadau said: &#8220;It was this morning, one Golf 3 vehicle stepped on the bomb and exploded. We have six dead bodies here now and eight others sustained injuries. The vehicle was destroyed completely.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3614\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-22-scaled-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-22-scaled-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Untitled-design-22-scaled-1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Confirming the incident in a statement made available to the TV station, Lt. Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, the Coordinator, Joint Media Coordination Centre, Joint Task Force North West Operation Fansar Yamma, said: \u201cWe acknowledge the reports regarding the suspected bandits planting explosives along the Dansadau-Gusau Road, which unfortunately led to some destruction.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cThe safety and security of our citizens are of paramount importance. We are currently coordinating with local law enforcement to assess the situation and ensure that those responsible do not go free.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Amah Kindly share: An unspecified number of commuters were on Wednesday killed in Zamfara State when the vehicle conveying&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[932],"class_list":["post-3612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-terrosism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Travellers killed as bandits plant explosives on Zamfara road - Panorama News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/12\/05\/travellers-killed-as-bandits-plant-explosives-on-zamfara-road\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Travellers killed as bandits plant explosives on Zamfara road - 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