More than 30 persons were killed
after suspected bandits attacked some communities in Katsina state between
Monday and Tuesday.
Some of the affected communities
are Mara Zamfarawa village in Danmusa local government area (LGA); Sabon-Layin
Galadima community of Faskari LGA; and Yar’Gamji village of Batsari LGA.
The suspects were said to have
also carted away some animals.
Eleven persons were said to have
been killed at Sabon-Layin Galadima village of Faskari LGA.
Gambo Isah, police spokesman in
the state, said those killed in Faskari were members of a vigilante group.
“On the Faskari incident, a group
of Yansakai (vigilantes) from Sabon Layi village, went into the forest and
confronted the bandits since yesterday and did not report back. Two corpses
were recovered and buried by the villagers yesterday,” he told reporters.
“A search party led by the DPO in
Faskari recovered three other bodies inside the forest. A bandits’ camp was
also discovered abandoned by d bandits. Investigation is ongoing.”
Five persons were reportedly
killed at Mara Zamfarawa village in Danmusa LGA on Tuesday.
The suspects were said to have
attacked the residents while working on their farms. In Batsari LGA, they
killed 10 person, leaving others injured.
“They attacked Yar’Gamji village
of Batsari LGA and killed 10 persons. They entered the village on motorcycles.
The attackers also rustled many animals and injured many people,” an official
of the local government said.
Following the incident, youth
from Batsari LGA protested the killings and displayed the corpses before the
Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, emir of Katsina, and Aminu Bello Masari, governor of
the state.
While Usman sympathised with the
protesters over the incident, Masari said the government would put measures in
place to end the banditry.
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