Gunmen kill seven, injure 14 in Kaduna

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen opened fire on a crowd of people at Yangal village in Zango-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing seven on the spot and injuring 12 others.

The acting Chairman of Zango-Kataf Local Government Area, Mr. Jonathan Asake, a former member of the House of Representatives confirmed the incident, said that he got a distress call at about 12am on Wednesday that some armed Fulani men attacked a crowd of people in the Yangal village. He said that no arrest was made. According to him, before soldiers arrived the scene of the attack, the gunmen had fled.

According to the villagers, two Fulani men were sighted around 9pm on Tuesday night around the venue of the celebration. One with a gun and the other had nothing on him. Not suspecting anything, the group went on with their cerebration.

Then the armed man opened fire on the crowd with his AK 47 rifle. He killed five people on the spot and two later died in the hospital. I saw the corpses and those 12 that were injured. We evacuated them to the St. Luis Hospital. I left the hospital around 5am this morning. Of those injured, nine were critically hit, and we have taken them to a more equipped hospital in Jos, Plateau State.

The governor, through his Director-General on Media and Public Affairs, Mallam Ahmed Mayaki, said he was saddened by the development. He said the attack was an attempt by miscreants to cause confusion and heighten tension in the state.

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