A Kaduna community was yesterday afternoon attacked by bandits who killed the village head and five others.
The attack occurred in Sarari village near Kuriga town in Birnin Gwari local government area of the state.
The incident which happened around 2 pm left about eight people injured.
One of the injured victims, who identifi ed himself as Henry and was shot on the leg, confirmed the death of their village head.
He said the bandits stormed the village, going from house to house and shooting people.
“I don’t know where they came from; we were just sitting down when we started hearing gun shots from all directions.
“They came on motorcycles in large number.
They went house to house shooting people.
Our village head and five others were killed.
I was shot on the leg while trying to escape,” he said in a telephone interview.
Henry gave the names of the dead as Sule Sarari, the 60-year-old village head, ‘Lado, Yunusa, Jonah, Tela and one other person.
’ The victims were rushed to a Primary Health Centre in Oduwa town, few kilometres from where the incident occurred.
The nurse in charge of the PHC where the victims are receiving treatment, Silas Ayuba, confirmed to Premium Times that six bodies were brought to the clinic.
“Yes we have six bodies right now at the clinic; all males.
Eight people were injured and we are doing our best to stabilise their condition,” he said in a telephone interview.
The Kaduna state government’s spokesman, Samuel Aruwan, did not answer his call when contacted on the attack; same with Kaduna Police Command Public Relations Officer, Aliyu Muktar.
