Bandits
Raid Community, Kill 24 Persons.
At least twenty four persons are said to have been killed
and several others wounded in a fresh bandits attack on Unguwar Sarkin Noma
Community in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Those killed were mostly vigilante members who were
reportedly came out to confront the bandits.
Local Security official told newsmen that during the
attack which lasted for about an hour, four villages were raided by the hoodlums
in what he described as reprisals over military offensives on the bandits
hideouts.
Chairman of Sabuwa Local Government Council,
FaruqDalhatu, on a telephone call, said 23 of the victims were buried in
accordance with the Islamic rites.
He added that the last victim was also conveyed for
burial from the hospital after he was certified dead.
Police authorities are yet to make comment on the attack
as phone calls put through the spokesman of the State Police Command, ASP
Abubakar Sadiq, were unanswered.
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