SAN FRANCISCO, May 27, (THEWILL) – Gunmen have reportedly Killed about 30 persons in a fresh attack in Zamfara state in an which attack took place on Saturday at Malikawa village, Gidan Goga district of Maradun local government area.

Reports indicate that the gunmen were said to have attacked and killed five persons who had gone to work on their farms and twenty-five others who wanted to retrieve their corpses for burial.

Muhammad Shehu, spokesperson of the state police command, said the attack was a result of a land dispute between two warring factions.

He said security operatives had been dispatched to the area to restore law and order.

Following the fresh attack, the death toll from such raids on rural communities in Zamfara, from February to date, has hit 189.