NAIJA NEWS
No fewer than nine people have reportedly been killed and nine others brutally injured by bandits, during an attack on Gindin Dutse Makyali village of Kufana district in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Naija News learned that the tragic incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday, very close to a military checkpoint.
Although the Kaduna State Police authorities are yet to confirm the incident, a community leader, Moses Musa, in an interview with Channels Television, said that the bandits invaded the community around 5 am as the residents were still asleep and immediately started shooting sporadically.
He disclosed that nine people were burnt to death inside their rooms, while nine others sustained varying degrees of injuries from fire burns.
The community leader also disclosed that the bandits burned down fourteen houses during the attack that lasted for some hours without any resistance from the military stationed in the community.