Monday, March 30, 2026 - Suspected phone snatchers have k!lled an unidentified middle-aged man in Kaduna State.
The incident occurred around 8:pm on Saturday, March 28,
2026 at Kawo Bridge.
It was gathered that the victim was rushing to board a
commercial tricycle when the assailants accosted him.
Eyewitnesses disclosed that the assailants demanded the
victim’s mobile phone.
In the process of complying, one of the attackers
allegedly st@bbed him in the chest.
"Some youths accosted him to surrender his phone. We
were watching from a distance. We don’t know what he told them. As he tried to
hand over the phone, one of them suddenly st@bbed him, and he slumped,” a
source recounted.
The attackers reportedly fled the scene immediately after
the assault, leaving the victim lying in a pool of blood.
Passersby who rushed to help could not apprehend the
suspects.
A resident of the area, Bashir Umar, described Kawo Bridge
as a known hotspot for criminal activities, urging security agencies to
intensify surveillance and patrols in the area.
"This is not the first time such an incident is
happening here. A Navy officer was k!lled in the same area last year after
refusing to give up his phone. Commuters are constantly at risk,” he said.
Traders operating around the bridge also expressed concern
over the rising insecurity, calling for urgent intervention by authorities.
"We need more police patrols and surveillance cameras
to catch these criminals,” one trader said.
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