Death toll rises to 79 in Zamfara Fulani herdsmen attack

KANO (AFP) – The death toll in an attack by Fulani herdsmen on a village in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara State rose to 79 from 30, a governor spokesman said Sunday. “The governor and other officials were today at Yar Galadima village where they participated in the burial of 79 people killed in the attack by cattle rustlers,” Nuhu Salihu Anka told AFP.