Bandits k!ll 19, abduct others in Katsina communities

Bandits have k!lled 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 k!lled 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, k!lling 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 k!lled by the same group.

He said his father, who sustained a severe head injury, d!ed 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.