Bandits Kill 3 In Kaduna State In Fresh Attacks

The Kaduna State Government on Tuesday disclosed that three persons were killed in separate attacks by suspected bandits in Lere and Birnin Gwari Local Government Areas of the state.

The disclosure in a statement by Mr. Samuel Aruwan, the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, in Kaduna the state capital.

Aruwan said the military, under the auspices of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), had reported an attack by armed bandits at Warsa Piti, in the Mariri District of Lere local government area.

‘Quoting an eyewitness, the military stated that the attackers numbering about six, who masked themselves and dressed in black, invaded the community on Monday night and began shooting sporadically.

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Speaking further he said that, troops mobilized to the location on receiving a distress call and engaged the assailants who then fled into the forest.

He however said that two citizens had been killed.

The commissioner said that the state government also received a similar report of the attack on Randagi village in Birnin Gwari local government area.

‘One person was killed and some others injured by the bandits who also looted shops in the area,’ he said.

He explained that prompt response by the military in the air and on the ground helped immensely in chasing back the bandits.

Aruwan said the military also reported that in a separate incident, unidentified youths attacked a herders’ settlement in Kurmin Bi village of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area.

According to the report, the attack was an apparent reprisal to the earlier attack on Wawan Rafi in the same local government in which one person was killed and several others injured by bandits.

He added that the herders in the settlement escaped but six of their cows were killed by the attackers, with four others injured.

‘A house was also burnt within the settlement,’ he said.

Aruwan said Gov. Nasir El-Rufai had expressed sadness over the incident and prayed for the repose of the souls of those killed by the suspected robbers.

The governor assured the people that government and security agencies would continue to work on the security situation in the Birnin Gwari area of the state.

 

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