 Zamfara State Police Command has succeeded in repelling an armed robbery attack by a large number of suspected armed bandits along Gussau-Sokutu Road near Dogon Karfi in Bakure, LGA. The attack, which was planned to rob innocent commuters of their valuables, was followed by police tactical operatives deployed to safeguard the road against any invasion by criminal elements. At the end of the gun battle that lasted for hours, many bandits were fatally injured, with some of them believed to have escaped with gun injuries. They however managed to evacuate the bodies due to the large number of them. They were believed to have been around 200.