Once more, 3 killed, 16 kidnapped as bandits raid 3 Kaduna villages

Barely 24 hours after bandits killed and buried a new child of a girl of their captivity, three individuals had been shot lifeless and 16 others kidnapped once they raided three villages in Kagarko LGA of Kaduna State.

A resident of Kagarko, Shehu Rabiu, who confirmed the most recent raid by way of phone to our reporter on Wednesday, mentioned the incident occurred on Tuesday evening in Kala, Kutar and Taka-Lafiya communities.

He defined that the bandits, who rode on bikes wielding AK-47 rifles, first attacked a herders’ camp in Taka-Lafiya village the place they kidnapped six Fulani males and killed one Malam Ya’u.

He mentioned the bandits then proceeded to neighbouring Kutar village and whisked away seven villagers earlier than shifting to Kala village, just a few meters away and kidnapped 5 individuals amid sporadic capturing.

He additional mentioned, “It was in the course of the sporadic gunshots that two individuals had been killed in Taka-Lafiya village and one individual at Kutar village.”

The Madaki of Janjala, a neighbouring village, Samaila Babangida, confirmed the most recent raid by the bandits on the three villages.

He mentioned, “I used to be travelling to Jere and I acquired info that bandits had invaded three villages below Kubacha Chiefdom, killed three individuals and kidnapped 16 others.”

Metropolis & Crime additional learnt that the bandits have their camp in Tagwayen-Dutse, a authorities forest between Kagarko and Kachia LGAs.

There was no response from the spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command on the most recent assault as on the time of submitting this report.

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