Thursday, October 10, 2024 -Bandits have killed at least 19 people, injured several others and abducted residents from various communities in Katsina State.
Local sources told Daily Trust that four individuals were killed and one
injured in Ammarawa village during an early morning raid on Wednesday, October
9, 2024.
Around the same time, bandits attacked Dan Gani village, killing
one person and abducting seven others.
In Tudu village, a woman named Saude was kidnapped around 9 a.m.
on the same day.
Earlier, on Monday, four people were killed and others injured
during an attack on Kukasheka village, also in Kankara LGA.
Residents expressed their growing frustration, lamenting that
bandits have made it nearly impossible to safely harvest crops.
One resident recounted a personal tragedy, explaining that his
father was attacked on the family farm just two days after his brother had been
killed by the same group.
He said his father, who sustained a severe head injury, died nine
days later in the hospital.
A separate attack occurred in Unguwar Dan Marka, Guga district in
Bakori Local Government Area of the state where sporadic gunfire left eight
people d@ad, including one Usman Unguwa and three others injured.
Six people were also kidnapped during the attack.
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