The Kaduna State Police Command on Saturday confirmed the killing of seven persons in a fresh attack on Maro Village, a border community between Kajuru and Kachia councils of Kaduna State.
The Command’s PPRO, ASP Muhammad Jalige gave the confirmation in a statement saying “the police received a sad information from DPO Kachia that on 12/2/2020 at about 1915hrs some unknown gunmen in military uniform invaded the Maro village sandwiched between the two councils.”
According to him, the armed men entered the village market in a vehicle and started shooting sporadically and in the process shot and killed some people.
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Jalige disclosed that on receipt of the information, DPO Kajuru and Kachia mobilized patrol teams immediately to the area to restore normalcy but unfortunately seven persons were found dead and five were injured.
He stated further: “Both the dead and injured victims were evacuated by the Police to Kachia General Hospital. The dead bodies were deposited in the mortuary while the injured are currently receiving treatment at the same hospital.
“Normalcy has since been restored in the area. Investigation and manhunt of the fleeing bandits is ongoing with a view to bringing the perpetrators of this barbaric act of criminality to justice.”
