Unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked two churches at Bakinpah-Maro Community in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing at least three persons and abducting many others.
The incident was said to have occurred on Sunday morning when the bandits in large numbers invaded the ECWA and Catholic Churches in the area during church services.
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A former chairman of Kajuru LGA, Cafra Caino, said the bandits took away 30 persons including a pastor, Bernard Gajera, from both churches.
The spokesman for the Kaduna State Police Command, ASP Mansir Hassan, while confirming the incident said three persons were killed by the bandits.
Hassan said that the exact number of those abducted was yet to be ascertained.
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The police image maker, however, said that the police in conjunction with sister agencies have launched a manhunt for the fleeing bandits to arrest them and rescue the abducted individuals safe and alive.
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