Gunmen suspected to be bandits killed nine travellers, including three children in Zankoro village along Birnin Gwari-Kaduna highway on Sunday.
It was gathered that the victims were on their way to a wedding ceremony at Doka town in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state when they were attacked by the bandits on Sunday, January 3.
A traveler, who identified himself as Datti, told newsmen that he assisted the vigilante in evacuating some of the victims, adding that six persons died on the spot.
The chairman of the Birnin-Gwari Progressives Union (BEPU) Barrister Salisu Haruna, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday, January 4, said the bandits also blocked the road on Monday at the same Zankoro at about 9.00 am, shooting sporadically and abducted an unspecified number of people.
“The New Year 2021 has begun in sorrow and tears for the people of Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State,” the statement reads.
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