Six people have been confirmed dead while 10 others were injured in a fresh attack by bandits on Yar Nasarawa village, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Sources disclosed that the bandits carried out the attacks simultaneously.
It was learnt that the bandits stormed the village when the residents had already settled down for night rest.
The bandits reportedly set ablaze three houses and four motorcycles while they abducted a yet-be-to-ascertained number of villagers.
Residents, however, revealed that bandits also attacked Ruwangodiya village in the same local government area on Monday night where they rustled an unspecified number of domestic animals.
A resident who spoke on condition of anonymity said, “The hoodlums also attacked Ruwan Godiya village in the same local government area and carried out their activities where residents are now counting their losses.”
The spokesman for the state police command, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, in a statement on Tuesday confirmed the incident.
Aliyu stated that security operatives have been drawn to the community to restore normalcy.
He said, “On February 19, 2024, at about 11.30 pm, some suspected bandits in their numbers, armed with weapons such as AK-47 rifles, attacked Nasarawa village, Faskari LGA, where they shot and killed six persons, injured about 10, and set ablaze three houses and about 10 motor vehicles.
“The CP has since deployed the command’s tactical, operational and intelligence to the scene, combing the surrounding bushes for the possible arrest of the perpetrators for diligent prosecution.”
This attack is coming barely a month after bandits killed two residents and abducted 29 others in an attack on Dan Alhaji and Yandaka villages in the Batsari Local Government Area of the State.
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