One woman was killed while two others sustained gunshot wounds following an attack on Kukum Dutse, a village in Kagoro, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
“The village was attacked in the midnight; one person was killed while two sustained gunshot wounds.
“As we speak, the two are being taken to hospital in Jos for operations to remove the bullets lodged in their bodies,’’ Mrs Florence Aya, the Chairman of the local government, said.
She described the attacks as “very strange and wicked’’, pointing out that the villagers had always been “very peaceful’’.
Police Commander, Kafanchan Area Command, Mr Elihu Adamu, who confirmed the attack, said that the Command was yet to make arrests but had had begun investigations into the incident.
“We have visited the scene of the attack along with the Chairman of the local government, Mrs Florence Aya. One person was killed and two others escaped with gun wounds.
“Those with the gun wounds have been taken to Bingham Hospital in Jos, but we are on top of the situation,’’ he said.
?Mr Yahaya Dadai, the Sole Administrator, Kagoro Development Area, who accompanied the victims to Bingham University Teaching Hospital, Jos, told NAN that they were in “stable condition.’’
“We have just been sent to the X-Ray department preparatory to the removal of the bullets. By God’s grace, everything will be okay,’’ he said.