At least 50mpeople have been killed while several other kidnapped by suspected terrorists across nine villages in Giwa Local Government of Kaduna State.
The affected villages, according to a source, are Dillalai, Zango Tama, Kaya, Barebari, Anguwan Bakko, Gidan Alhajin Kida, Kadanya and Durumi, among others.
The hoodlums razed houses, vehicles as well as motorcycles and rustled over 100 cows during the attacks.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mohammad Jalige, who confirmed the attack to journalists in Kaduna noted that the command had yet to have full details of the attacks in terms of the actual casualty figures recorded during the incidents across the said villages.
“We are still waiting for the full details of the incident from the Divisional Police Officer, Giwa and the Area Commander Zaria,” he said.
According to PUNCH, a source told said that the bandits in large numbers also burnt church at Zango Tama village in the same local government area (Giwa).
The source said scores of the victims who sustained gunshot wounds were taken to the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika in Zaria for urgent medical attention.
He said, “The villages affected were Dillalai, Zango Tama, Kaya, Barebari, Anguwan Bakko, Gidan Alhajin Kida, Kadanya and Durumi.
“Dillalai was worst hit by the attack where about 15 people were reported to be killed, with five commercial trucks and five houses burnt. The bandits also burnt a church at Zangon Tama village, all in Giwa local government area.”
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