Seven people have been killed by bandits during an attack in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The attack, according to the residents, happened at the Katarma general area of Chikun local government near a location called Gbaja.
The residents also disclosed that the four people sustained injuries of various degrees.
In a similar development, the bandits attacked Unguwar Tagwaye Doka in Kuriga Ward, also of Chikun local government where they kidnapped three people.
Confirming the incident in a statement, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said security agencies are conducting investigations at the affected locations.
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FOUR persons, including an unidentified herdsman, were killed in another bout of reprisal on four villages in Zango-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Saturday.
The four villages attacked by gunmen are Ungwan Gaiya, Ungwan Gimba, Ungwan Makama and Apimbu
The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, said in a statement on Sunday.
The government statement is titled, ‘Four killed in further reprisal, as more troops are deployed in flashpoints…El-Rufai reiterates stand on recourse to the law’.
Between Thursday night and Saturday night, no fewer than 14 persons were killed by gunmen in three local government areas of the state; Zango-Kataf, Kauru and Lere. Scores of villagers were injured and receiving medical attention in hospitals while several houses were razed.
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Five soldiers were killed by Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, in an ambush on a military convoy in Borno State, weekend.
ISWAP split from the mainstream Boko Haram six years ago and rose to become a dominant group.
This came as no fewer than 35 people were kidnapped on Friday, also by ISWAP militants at a fake checkpoint in Garin Kuturu village outside Jakana, 25 kilometres from Maiduguri, Borno State.