By Amos Tauna:
Armed bandits again struck at Gwaska village in Birnin Gwari local government area, reportedly killing 27 people, mostly children.
This is just after a week when dozens of local miners were killed by unknown gunmen at Janruwa village, all in Brinin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State.
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, had during a visit last week, ordered the immediate deployment of additional 200 police personnel to Birnin-Gwari area to check incessant banditry and kidnapping.
A source who doesn’t want his name in print explained that in spite of the presence of security personnel, the attackers struck around 2:30pm on Saturday, killing 27 people mostly children at Gwaska village.
“The armed bandits from neighbouring Zamfara state encircled Gwaska up to Kuiga village shooting sporadically.
“Also the armed bandits razed down the village, which has about 3,000 inhabitants, completely,” the source lamented.
The survivor noted that some of those killed were volunteers who tried to defend the village and children that could not escape the onslaught.
A member of the Birnin-Gwari Vanguard for Security and Good Governance who also sought for anonymity said the casualties could be more than 27, noting they would get the exact number after the evacuation of all the bodies.
“We would continue to appeal to authorities to take urgent steps to forestall further attacks and extinction of communities in Birnin-Gwari local government area of Kaduna State,” the source said.
The spokesman for Kaduna Police Command, Aliyu Mukhtar, could not be reached for comments as he could not answer calls put to his phone at the time of filing this report.
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