No fewer than 50 persons, including infants, were reportedly killed by suspected bandits when they attacked about three localities in Kaduna State, on Sunday.
The councils believed to have been attacked included, Giwa, Birnin Gwari, and Igabi – all of which are in the northern axis of the state.
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The bandits reportedly attacked six villages of Kerawa, Rago, Marina, Zariyawa, Hashimawa, Gidan Musa Saidu, and Unguwar Barau in the three councils.
Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the incident on the Hausa Service of the Voice of America monitored, on Monday.
He also said on telephone that operatives led by the state Commissioner of Police, Umaru Muri, were on their way to the affected communities.
Details later…
