10 killed by gunmem at Kaduna village fresh attack

Gunmen again struck at Addu village in Attakar chiefdom of Kaura local government area of Kaduna State, killing 10 persons, including two families in an early morning attack.

The police in Kaduna had however confirmed the arrest of some of those suspected to have carried out that attack and are currently undergoing interrogation.

Spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, DSP Aminu Lawan, who confirmed the incident, said some suspects have been arrested and being interrogated by the police.

This is the third time villages in Attakar Chiefdom have been attacked by unknown gunmen this year.

Sources in the area told The Nation that a couple and their two children were killed during the attack, while another man and his wife were killed with their children narrowly escaping death.

The source said the gunmen stormed the village through forest in the early hours of the morning while the unsuspecting villagers were still sleeping, shooting indiscriminately while others used knives and swords to slaughter those they were able to capture.

National President of Attakar Students Association, Raphael Soja, said, “For now we have retrieved eight dead bodies and still looking for the remaining two people missing. Corpses we have here is of a couple and their two children wiped out. And another couple was killed but their children were lucky, then other little children and women. Four persons have been rushed to Kafanchan General Hospital for medical attention.”

 

However, in a letter to Governor Mukthar Ramala Yero, the Center for Development and Rights Advocacy (CEDRA), condemned the killings, accusing both the government and security agencies of complacency in the handling of security situation in Southern Kaduna.