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Three people have died following an attack by armed hoodlums on hunters and residents in Song Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
The incident happened on Friday.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the violence started around 3:20pm in the afternoon when hunters from Barkin Sajo operating under the Miyetti Allah hunters association, chased suspected cattle rustlers into the Mayo Suno forest. A gunfight reportedly broke out, leading to the death of one of the hunters, identified as Buji Alhaji, aged 40.
The attackers later stormed maigero village, where they set seven thatched huts in the local market on fire.
They also shot and killed two residents, named Alhaji Haruna and Iliya Dabba.
Security personnel later arrived at the scene and moved the bodies to the cottage hospital in song.
According to the sources, security agencies are working to track down the culprits, while the police criminal investigation department has opened a discreet inquiry into the attack.
Three killed as hoodlums attack hunters, burn huts in Adamawa
