On Tuesday night, terrorists reportedly carried out an attack in the Takanai community within the Atyap Chiefdom, situated in the Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, resulting in the tragic loss of six lives.
This incident occurred merely five days after a previous attack in Kaura, where a woman lost her life, and two of her children were abducted.
Mr. Samson Markus, the acting Secretary to the District Head of the Community, confirmed this unfortunate event on Wednesday. He reported that the terrorists infiltrated the village at approximately 7:00 p.m., unleashing gunfire that claimed the lives of four individuals within the same household and two from another family. Tragically, two children also fell victim to this deadly attack.
“We were going about our normal businesses when we heard gunshots, we thought it was the military at first until we saw it was the Fulanis who came in from Zango Urban,” Markus alleged.
“Before the military arrived, they’ve succeeded in killing six persons, including 2 children.
“The arrival of the military was what scared them, and they took to their hills and left the community.
“It’s unfortunate this kind of sad incident continues to happen in our villages when we thought normalcy had returned.
“We appealed to the government and the military to redouble their efforts and declare war against these terrorists who invaded villages and killed innocent people,” Markus added.
At the time of compiling this report, there was no response from the Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer, Mohammed Jalige, despite attempts to contact him by our correspondent.
