Gunmen have reportedly attacked communities in Kagoro and its environs in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna, killing 11 residents and leaving scores injured.
It was gathered that the attack happened on Thursday evening where six residents were killed on the spot.
Our correspondent gathered that five more bodies were found and recovered on Friday morning.
A source further told our correspondent that several residents were injured during the attack.
He said, “Apart from those that have been confirmed killed by the attackers, l can not give you the number of those injured because people took their injured relatives to hospital for treatment.
“It was a massive destruction visited on the people by the gunmen.”
According to him, normalcy has returned to the town as residents are going about their normal business and vehicles moving to different locations.
This is just as he said that security operatives were patrolling the town to forestall further breakdown of law and order in the ancient town.
The were no official reactions or confirmations either from the state government or police.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mohammed Jalige, when contacted, promised to contact the Kafanchan Area Commander for details of the incident. This was not done as of the time of filing this report.
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