Six folks have been confirmed useless whereas ten others had been injured in one other assault by bandits on Yar Nasarawa village, Faskari Native Authorities Space of Katsina State.
Sources revealed that the bandits carried out the assaults concurrently.
It was discovered that the bandits stormed the village when residents had already settled down for the evening.
The bandits reportedly set fireplace to a few homes and 4 bikes, whereas kidnapping an unknown variety of villagers.
Residents, nevertheless, revealed that bandits additionally attacked Ruwangodiya village in the identical native authorities space on Monday night the place they rustled an unspecified variety of home animals.
A resident who spoke on situation of anonymity mentioned, “The hoodlums additionally attacked Ruwan Godiya village in the identical native authorities space and carried out their actions the place the residents are actually counting their losses.”
The spokesperson of the state police, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, in a press release on Tuesday, confirmed the incident.
Aliyu acknowledged that safety operatives have moved into the neighborhood to revive normalcy.
He mentioned: “On February 19, 2024, at about 11:30 PM, some suspected bandits of their numbers, armed with weapons resembling AK-47 rifles, attacked Nasarawa village, Faskari LGA, the place they shot and killed six individuals, killing about ten had been injured. , and set fireplace to a few homes and roughly ten motor autos.
“The CP has since deployed the command's tactical, operational and intelligence providers to the scene and scoured the encircling bushes for the doable arrest of the perpetrators for diligent prosecution.”
This assault comes barely a month after bandits killed two residents and kidnapped 29 others in an assault on Dan Alhaji and Yandaka villages in Batsari Native Authorities Space of the state.
