GUNMEN STORM KADUNA COMMUNITY, KILL FIVE PEOPLE, BURN HOUSES

“Five persons were killed while two others are still missing. A number of houses, including the new police outpost, were vandalised and burnt. We have urged the people to remain calm and have confidence in the security agents that have already secured the area, while investigation is ongoing,” he said.

Penpushing further reports that the Kaduna State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Yakubu Sabo, also confirmed the incident, explaining that the sad incident occurred at Kiri village bordering Plateau.

 “One Daniel Monday who initially sustained injury later died while four other corpses were discovered. No police station was burnt although a few houses were touched,” he said.

The police spokesman said   the Police Area Commander in Kafanchan led a team of police officers to the affected area, adding that, “On sighting them, the hoodlums fled to a hilltop near Ryom local government in Plateau State. Preliminary investigation revealed that they came through Plateau State, but investigation is ongoing,” .

Penpushing also reports that as at the time of filing this report,the motive of the attackers is unclear as of the time of this report, while it is recalled that, Kaduna has witnessed several ethnoreligious violence in the past years, where hundreds  of people have been killed in attacks and reprisals between various ethnic groups in Kaduna in the past year.