MANY DEAD, PROPERTY SET ABLAZE AS BANDITS ATTACK BATSARI LGA OF KATSINA

Bandits have attacked five communities in Batsari LGA of Katsina, killing many residents and also setting properties ablaze.

This incident comes barely one week after bandits killed a Chief Imam and several residents at Faskari LGA of Katsina State.

Sources say the attack began Tuesday evening and lasted into the early hours of Wednesday. During the incident, dozens of houses including Government structures and vehicles were set ablaze.

It was gathered that not less than five communities were invaded by the assailants where an unspecified number of residents were gruesomely murdered.

Intelligence learnt that in each of the communities attacked, the gunmen fired sporadically into the air to register their presence before going from house to house, looting victims of valuables, and inflicting injuries on locals.

Some of the victims were trying to escape from the onslaught of the rampaging assailants when they sustained injuries.

Credit: Eons Intelligence