A group of armed persons, characterized as bandits or terrorists, carried out a series of raids in Katsina State on Wednesday night and Thursday early, killing at least three people and kidnapping numerous more.
In a horrific event during Ishai prayer last night, hoodlums opened fire on innocent Muslim worshippers, killing three.
According to a source who described the incident to Vanguard, “The assailants descended on our Muslim brothers during Ishai prayer.” Tragically, two of them were killed inside the mosque grounds, while a third died outside the mosque while attempting to flee the attack. Four others were injured and are currently being treated at a Kankara hospital.
The commotion, he claimed, worsened when the hoodlums snatched a man and two women during the attack. “Unfortunately, the man’s refusal to go with the assailants cost him his life as he was mercilessly butchered for daring to defy the abductors,” the source said.
In a second incident about 2:30 a.m. today, marauding bandits raided the home of Sani Maikifi, a vigilante member, in Ungwar Tudun Boka, Kankara Township.
Sani somehow escaped through his property, evading the hoodlums’ hands. However, his wife and children were not so fortunate. The hoodlums abducted them.
According to the source, the hoodlums who had been tailing Sani for some time attacked discreetly, penetrating the community within Kankara township without raising any alarms.
In a separate attack, at 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, armed persons stormed Dangani in Musawa local government, shooting intermittently. According to one account, the crooks were tracking down a wealthy guy from the south who had come to the area to express his sympathies to a bereaved relative.
He was fortunate to have evaded their grasp. In response, the hoodlums kidnapped a large number of persons from the region, according to the source.
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