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  • News - North West - Kaduna
  • Updated: June 09, 2022

Kaduna: Bandits Attacked Using Motorcycles Not Helicpter— Commissioner

Kaduna: Bandits Attacked Using Motorcycles Not Helicpter—

Kaduna State government has confirmed that bandits raided villages and killed 32 residents in Kajuru Local Government Area in the state.

The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement in Kaduna on Thursday.

Denying reports that the terrorists launched an aerial attack, Aruwan said the bandits stormed the area in large numbers on motorcycles and proceeded to raze several houses, as they attacked and killed locals.

According to him, the state government received initial reports from security agencies that bandits attacked the villages of Dogon Noma, Ungwan Sarki, and Ungwan Maikori in Kajuru local government on Sunday.

 “Since the attack on Sunday, security agencies and traditional leaders in the locations had been updating the government on the development.

“As of the time of this report, 32 persons have been confirmed dead following the attack, “he said.

He stated that while the government mourned the gruesome killing and burning of houses in the attacked locations, a report was published suggesting that the victims of the attack were killed by terrorists using a helicopter.

The commissioner clarified that the helicopter intercepted the bandits at the last location Ungwan Maikori and engaged them as they retreated, before the arrival of ground troops to the general area.

He said it was the arrival of the air asset which deterred the bandits from further attacks on the citizens in the village after the bandits had already killed one local and burnt several houses.

“In the last 72 hours, security forces have conducted vigorous operations in the same general area, and are on the trail of a wounded notable terrorist, “the commissioner said.

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