Bandits have reportedly attacked Gefe village in Kallah Ward of Kufana Chiefdom, Kajuru Native Authorities Space, killing the village head and one different particular person.
The bandits had been additionally stated to have kidnapped a lot of villagers, together with ladies and kids, after they stormed the group round 12:00 a.m. on Thursday.
Markus Danja, a group chief and relative of one of many victims, confirmed the incident to Each day Belief on Friday.
He defined that the 2 victims had been shot, figuring out the village head as Mr. Emmanuel Idan.
“They (the attackers) arrived and began capturing sporadically after surrounding the group. Individuals who had been outdoors ran for security. Sadly, our village head was amongst these outdoors and was shot whereas attempting to flee.
“The opposite particular person was chased into his room and shot lifeless earlier than the attackers took away his spouse. The bandits went home to deal with choosing their victims,” he stated.
The group chief talked about that they had been attempting to compile the variety of individuals kidnapped or lacking, including that his brother’s wives and kids had been additionally lacking.
The state authorities and the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, had not issued statements on the incident on the time of this report.
ASP Hassan couldn’t be reached on the telephone and was but to answer to a textual content message despatched to him.
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