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How Bandits Burn Woman, Her Two Children, Daughter-In-Law To Death In Sokoto
They also abducted three women in the village while unspecified numbers of animals were also rustled
Sokoto State -No fewer than 12 people including a woman, two of her children, and her daughter-in-law, were killed by armed bandits in Kurya village, in the Rabbah Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
A resident of the community, Yusuf Kurya, said the bandits attacked the village on Sunday night, December 24, 2023.
“The incident happened on Sunday night around 8:30 pm when the gunmen stormed our village in large numbers, shooting sporadically.
“They killed about 12 people in the process out of which four of them were burnt alive.
“They also abducted three women in the village while unspecified numbers of animals were also rustled in the process”
He said that following a distress call by the residents, troops of Operation Hadarin Daji were mobilised and pursued them, killing some of the bandits in the process.
Sokoto State Command Spokesman, ASP Ahmed Rufa’i, confirmed the attack and said from the last information he got from the village, seven persons were already confirmed dead with the possibility of the figures rising.
