40 feared dead in Katsina attacks

Daredevil terrorists person killed astatine slightest 41 persons and injured scores of others successful a barrage of attacks connected respective communities successful Safana Local Government Area (LGA) of Katsina State.

The attacks were reported to person archetypal occurred connected Tuesday nighttime and continued the adjacent time and connected Thursday nighttime successful much than 15 communities successful the assembly area.

During the attacks, respective homes were acceptable ablaze, portion the terrorists carted distant valuables similar phones, money, apparel and grains.

It was besides gathered that respective residents of affected communities were abducted and moved into the forest, adjacent arsenic scores of animals were rustled successful the process.

Some of the communities that were attacked by the equipped hoodlums see Kunamawar Mai Awaki, Kunamawar Yargadu, Unguwar Ido, Kanviri, Rimi, Tashar Maigoro, Saburu, Unguwar Bera, Dogon Ruwa, Tashar Kawai, Mai Zurfi, among others.

According to sources, immoderate of the communities that were attacked connected Tuesday and Wednesday were revisited and plundered by the terrorists connected Thursday night, which whitethorn person led to an summation successful the decease toll.

He said owed to the quality of the attacks, scores of residents from astatine slightest 13 affected communities person fled their homes for the office of the assembly country oregon different safer environments.

He added that immoderate residents who had tried to retrieve the corpses of the dormant had to wantonness their program arsenic immoderate of them said they sighted terrorists hiding down bushes adjacent their communities.

Following the attacks, immoderate youths successful the assembly country were said to person staged peaceful protests, with a telephone connected the authorities to rescue them from incessant attacks by terrorists.

According to different source, the youths lamented that their loved ones were being killed oregon abducted connected a predominant ground and that they are not capable to spell to the workplace owed to fearfulness of becoming victims.

Safana is among the 7 frontline assembly areas of the authorities that is affected by information challenges.

Hundreds of radical person mislaid their lives, been maimed, oregon kidnapped, with hundreds of thousands of animals rustled by terrorists since the information concern began implicit a decennary ago.

Spokesperson for the constabulary bid successful the state, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, was yet to respond to inquiries connected the contented astatine the clip of the report.