Bandits invade Kaduna mosque, kill seven worshippers

Yusuf said the vigilante leader was trailed to the mosque where he and the other victims were shot and killed.

“We suspected they traced the vigilante leader to the mosque to attack him. We were inside the mosque praying when they arrived and started shooting. Five persons were killed in the mosque, while a driver who brought food items to the village, was also killed. The other person was killed at a nearby village,” he said.The acting Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mansir Alhassan, confirmed the attack to our correspondent on the telephone on Saturday.

He said police personnel had been mobilised to comb nearby bushes with a view to fishing out perpetrators of the dastardly act.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.

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