JUST IN: 12 KILLED, 10 ABDUCTED IN KATSINA FRESH SEPARATE ATTACKS
Heavily armed men attacked Yar Kuka village also in Kankara LGA on Thursday where 12 people were reportedly killed and some others abducted, Daily Trust reports.
A resident of the village whose daughter was kidnapped told our sources that the bandits invaded their village around 9:30 pm and started shooting indiscriminately, killing 12 people and abducting six women.
“Three of the abducted women are married and my daughter is one, while the remaining three are young girls.”
Also on Thursday, gunmen attacked Dan Ali village in Danmusa Local Government Area where they abducted a retired education officer identified as Sani Skido.
A resident of the village said the attackers who came at around midnight, shot at the door of the room where the victim was hiding in his house.
Similarly, three travellers were reported abducted on Friday by unidentified gunmen on their way from Danmusa to Maidabino village in Danmuasa.
A resident of Danmusa said the travellers, who were on their way back from Benin in Edo State, were intercepted and their vehicle abandoned at the scene of the abduction.
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