Seven persons have been killed while eight others sustained various degrees of injuries following an overnight attack on Angwan Rimi community in Kamaru ward, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
According to Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter, the incident occurred on Sunday night when suspected armed herders invaded the village.
Victims of the attack include children as young as one year old, according to a source from Kamaru, who reported the attack on Tuesday.
Those killed were identified as Jacob Zaka, 12; Felicia Francis, 30; Magret Mathias, 5; Veronica Paul, 25; Delight Paul, 1; Confidence Yakubu, 15; and Sati Markus, 9.
The injured include: Mathew Sunday, 14; Jethro Istafanus, 7; Jackson Istafanus, 5; Emmanuel Morris, 14; Agatha Sylvester, 9; Joy Markus, 9; Devine Paul, 6 months; and Mary Ishaya, 12.
Residents of the community condemned the incident, describing it as “wicked and inhuman,” while calling on security agencies to take urgent measures to secure vulnerable communities.
“We sympathize with the families that lost their loved ones and pray for the quick recovery of those injured. We call on the Federal Government, Kaduna State Government, and Kauru Local Government to intervene to ensure the protection of lives and property,” said one sources from Irigwe Development Association (IDA), Kamaru Branch.
The association further urged members of the community to remain calm during the mourning period, assuring them that security operatives had been alerted.
Zagazola reports that the injured victims are receiving treatment in nearby health facilities.
On Aug 16, Zagazola published an article tittle “Why banditry may be returning to Kaduna, This prediction, followed the Aug. 3, killing of Musa Kachallah, a repentant bandit leader who had renounced crime and embraced peace.
His assassination is believed have inspired retaliatory violence from bandit groups, who vowed to returned hostilities especially those who perceive the state’s amnesty as insincere or biased and lack strategic focus.
While Kaduna state government keeps mum on this emerging development, security agencies are advised to intensified surveillance in the frontline LGA’s around Chikun, Kauru, Giwa, Makarfi on the Zaria–Kano highway, and Kajuru Local Government Areas in the state.
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Shebi you guys said Elrufai was the one killing people in Kaduna?He is gone. Who is now killing us. Until we understand that all this politicians are the same, we will not have peace