Pregnant Woman, Four Others Killed By Gunmen, 50 Persons Also Abducted
Report from Niger State says bandits on Tuesday, 7th March,2023, killed five people, including a heavily pregnant woman in Agwa community, Rafi Local Government Area of the state.
According to the report, the bandits who carried out the attack in the afternoon in that day, started shooting sporadically, leading to many casualties.
One of the eyewitness, Mallam Audu, who spoke to reporters, said the bandits were carrying out the attack when a military team on patrol engaged them in a gun battle.
“The bandits just entered our village and started shooting, people started to run for their lives in the process, and about six people were killed.
“As they were shooting, they also caught some people and had to rush out of the village as the soldiers arrived and engaged them in a shooting.
“The shooting from the soldiers was too much for the bandits and they had to run away into the forest,” Audu said.
According to him, more than 50 people were kidnapped, while many villagers were injured as they scampered to safety.
“Many people, more than 50 were kidnapped and others were wounded as they were running away from the bandits,” he added.
The Niger state Commissioner for Internal Security and Humanitarian Affairs, Emmanuel Umar, who confirmed the report, added that the actual number of victims is yet to be ascertained.
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