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Bandits strike in Kaduna community, kill 12 villagers, set over 20 houses on fire

No fewer than 12 persons have been killed and several others injured after suspected bandits attacked Na’ikko village in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Over 20 houses were reportedly burnt down by the gunmen.

Daily Post reports that most residents fled the community to Barkallahu in the Igabi Local Government Area of the state to seek refuge.

The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the attack when he visited the refugee camp at Barkallahu.

One of the victims, Mallam Nura Haruna, who lost two of his sons and two brothers, said the attack followed “the abduction of a man and subsequent killing of his son by suspected kidnappers in a neighbouring community.”

According to him, “the bandits stormed the village and started shooting indiscriminately at every person in sight, killing many innocent persons.”

“Early in the morning, around 6:00 am to 7:00 am, one of my brothers called that they were burning their villages and killing people and I asked him who they were. He said they were civilian JTF and vigilantes.

“What really happened was that kidnappers came to kidnap one Alhaji and they also killed one of his sons and injured two people.

“So, the next day, some people came into our village and took the laws into their hands and started burning our villages and killing people.

“They killed two of my brothers and two of my sons. They killed Nasir, they killed Umar and Abdullahi as well as Abdulkadir. I want the government to fish out the perpetrators of the attack.” he said

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