Kaduna State Command of the Nigeria Police has confirmed the killing of 21 persons in the latest attack on two communities in Kajuru Local Government of Kaduna State.
Several communities in Kajuru have come under various forms of attacks in the last two months,
The police said they received a distress call at about 9:30 am on Sunday that a group of armed men in large number, on motor bikes, entered Banono and Anguwan Aku communities in Kufana district of Kajuru Local Government and started shooting sporadically, attacking the villagers.
The police, in a statement by its public relations officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo, said in the process, the armed men shot and killed 21 persons, injured three and burnt 10 houses while about 50 cows were rustled.
“Combine Teams of Police Mobile Force personnel, conventional Police, Army and the local Vigilante were promptly mobilized to the area, repelled the attack and evacuated both the dead and the injured to hospital,” the police said.
The PPRO said “while efforts are on to apprehend the fleeing criminals, reinforcement of more Police Operatives have been drafted to the area for intensive combing and patrol with a view to forestall further breakdown of Law and Order/Reprisal and arrest the perpetrators.”
The Command appealed to members of the public to continue to assist the police with useful information that could help in addressing these challenges and for the possible arrest of those behind the attacks.
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