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Bandits have reportedly shot dead two persons while abducting seven people during a raid in Awon community in Kachia LGA of Kaduna State.
A source from the area who preferred anonymity confirmed the incident while speaking to our reporter through the telephone on Tuesday.
He said the incident happened on Monday, around 6.12am when the bandits in their numbers invaded the community amid sporadic shooting.
He said the bandits shot two villagers that were attempting to escape, while seven people including two women were whisked away into the bush.
A community leader from the area also told our reporter that some of the bandits who came on motorcycle broke into some shops and carted away food items and provisions.
He said the sporadic shooting forced some of the villagers to flee into the bush, even as he said three people sustained bullet injuries and were later rushed to a clinic in Kachia town.
He also disclosed that “When the bandits raided the community and started shooting, some villagers out of fear fled their homes. Some of them later returned back home in the evening, while three women are yet to be seen; raising the suspicion that they are either missing or were abducted,” he said.
A security source also confirmed the incident, saying troops from Katari are combing forests around the area to track down the bandits in order to rescue the victims.
“As I am talking to you, the troops are still in the forest around Azara community which borders Hayin -Dam in an effort to rescue the victims,”he said.
The spokesperson of the Kaduna State Police Command, DSP Hassan Mansur, did not pick calls or respond to text messages sent to him over the latest kidnap incident as at the time of filling the report.
