By Dunamis Ogalah Terrorists in the early hours of Tuesday killed three persons and kidnapped seven others, including a secondary sc...
By Dunamis Ogalah
Terrorists in the early hours of Tuesday killed three
persons and kidnapped seven others, including a secondary school principal, at
Yar Tafki and Unguwar Isiyaka villages under Funtua Local Government Area of
Katsina State.
DAILY POST learnt that aside from killing three persons, the
assailants abducted the Principal of Government Secondary School, Makera,
alongside a 35-year-old nursing mother and her 17-month-old baby from Yar Tafki
village and four others from Unguwar Isiyaka village, including the ward head.
The source said: “Early this (Tuesday) morning some armed
terrorists in large numbers carrying sophisticated weapons attacked Yar Tafki
village and started shooting sporadically and in the process, they kidnapped
one Yahaya Magaji, the Principal of Government Secondary School, Makera.
“They also kidnapped Marakisuya Yakubu, aged 35; and her
17-month-old baby, Bilkisu Yakubu. At Unguwar Isiyaka village, three men were
killed by the terrorists and four others have been kidnapped including the Mai
Unguwa (ward head).”
He also noted that scores suffered various degrees of
injuries as a result of the attack and some of them are being treated at the
Shehu Sarkin Maska Hospital in Funtua Local Government Area.
The spokesman of the Katsina State Police Command, SP Gambo
Isah, was yet to confirm the incident at the time of filing this report.
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