JUST IN: Six killed in fresh attack on Kaduna village

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No fewer than six people have been killed in a fresh attack on Fadaman Rimi village in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state.

It was gathered that the attack occured in the early hours of Saturday, as the armed bandits, in tens, stormed the village with rifles and started shooting sporadically.

Though Kaduna State Police Command was yet to confirm the casualty figure as at the time of filing this report, its spokesman, DSP, Yakubu Sabo told our correspondent that he was still trying to getter facts about the incident.An eye witness said that six people were killed by the attackers while many other villagers sustained various degrees of injuries, including gunshots wounds.

“Many of us escaped by miracle, because as people were running for their dear lives, they were shooting at us. It was a terrible situation.”

 

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