At least twenty-four people have been killed and several others wounded in a fresh bandits attack on Unguwar Sarkin Noma community in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Those killed were mostly vigilante members who reportedly came out to confront the bandits.
A local security official said the bandits raided four villages in what he described as reprisals over military offensives on the bandits’ hideouts.
He explained that the hoodlums stormed the villages of Unguwar Sarkin Noma, Gangara, Tafi, and Kore on Thursday night at about 9:00 pm shooting sporadically to scare the residents.
The Chairman of Sabuwa Local Government Council, Faruq Dalhatu, said 23 of the victims were buried on Friday morning after the attack.
“Upon hearing of the bandits’ mission to attack the Local Government Council, we swung into action by informing virtually all the security agencies.
“They (security agencies) all responded to our distress call and availed themselves to the community. Before you know it, the Bandits raided the community and killed these people.
Sabuwa is among the eight most vulnerable security frontline local government areas in Katsina State where activities of bandits are on the increase almost daily.
Criminal gangs known locally as bandits have, in recent years, repeatedly raided places mostly in rural areas in the northern region, abducting many and killing others.
