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Share No fewer than 19 people were killed and nine others wounded in fresh reprisal attacks in Giwa local government area of Kaduna Central Senatorial District. The killings and counter-killings occurred at Kaya community which shares a boundary with Hayin Kaura village of Dandume local government area of Katsina State. In an update issued by the state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan on Sunday disclosed that the violence began on January 1, 2021, when armed bandits attacked Kaya town and kidnapped some locals including two married women. “The bandits were ...

  No fewer than 19 people have been killed in fresh and reprisal attacks in Giwa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. The killings and counter-killings occurred at Kaya community which shares a boundary with Hayin Kaura village in Dandume LGA of Katsina State. Mr Samuel Aruwan, who is the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna, confirmed the killings in a statement on Sunday. He disclosed that gunmen, numbering about 50 and armed with AK-47 rifles, stormed Kaya town at about 6:30pm on Saturday and began shooting sporadically. According to security reports, the ...