Six people have been reportedly
killed in an attack on Fadaman Rimi community in Chikun local government area
of Kaduna state.
Two others, including a
physically-challenged person, were abducted in Kugosi Gadani village, also in
Chikun local government area.
The killings in Fadaman Rimi were
said to have occurred on Saturday morning.
A resident said suspected
hoodlums who were armed with sophisticated weapons arrived the village in large
number and started shooting sporadically.
He said six people were killed on
the spot while several others were sustained injuries from gunshots.
“They came about 6:00am and
started shooting. I don’t know how many they were but they many and they were
armed with sophisticated weapons,” he said.
“There was pandemonium as people
heard sounds of gunshots and they started running for safety. They shooting at
us as we were running. They looted our property and took away our cows. We are
all terrified by this incident.”
Sources said the abduction of the
two people in Kugosi Gadani village occurred around 11pm on Thursday.
When contacted, Yakubu Sabo,
spokesman of the Kaduna state police command, said somebody called him over the
incident and he was making efforts to verify the information.
“I am just trying to verify,
somebody called me some 6 minutes ago. I think when the incident happened, they
didn’t even report to the police, I am trying to verify from the community,” he
said.
“I have gotten a link (contact)
to the community and I have been trying the (telephone) line for the past 20
minutes. I want to get the picture of what happened, because the police were
not contacted… I am trying to get the facts and come up with a statement.”
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