- The incident happened when the rampaging bandits attacked the Takanai community of Atyap chiefdom in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of the state.
- The acting Secretary to the District Head of the affected community, Samson Markus, made the disclosure on Wednesday.
Bandits terrorising Nigeria’s northwest State of Kaduna have struck again, killing six in the beleaguered southern part of the State
The incident happened when the rampaging bandits attacked the Takanai community of Atyap chiefdom in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of the state.
The acting Secretary to the District Head of the affected community, Samson Markus, made the disclosure on Wednesday.
Speaking with journalists, Markus disclose that the bandits attacked the community on Tuesday night, killing six locals including children.
He added that the intervention of military forced the assailants to take to their heels, hence limit the level of havoc they would have wreaked.
He said “We were going about our normal businesses when we heard gunshots, we thought it was the military at first, before the military came, they killed six persons, including two children.
“The arrival of the military was what scared them and they took to their heels and left the community. It’s unfortunate this kind of sad incident continues to happen in our villages when we thought normalcy had returned.
“We appealed to the government and the military to redouble their efforts and declare war against these terrorists, who invaded villages and killed innocent people.”
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