Fresh “Reprisal Attacks” Claim Seven Lives In Kaduna LGAs

At least seven persons have been killed in what security agencies have described as reprisal attacks in Kauru and Lere Local Government Areas of Kaduna State.

The recent killings which was confirmed on Saturday came barely two days after seven other people were murdered by gunmen in Zango Kataf LGA.

Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the incidents in a statement hours after the attacks occurred.

He said the counter-attacks occurred in some herders’ settlements in Kauru and Lere LGA.

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The commissioner, while quoting the operational feedback from security agencies confirmed that the attacks were carried out by aggrieved youths following the killing of seven persons at Gora Gan in Zango Kataf.

The security agencies reported that seven people were killed in a counter-killing in Ungwan Idi and Kasheku villages of Kauru LGA while two herders were injured at Ningi village in Lere LGA.

Aruwa also noted that troops were searching for five persons whose whereabouts were unknown after the attack, while six huts were burnt in the incident.

In his reaction, Governor Nasir El-Rufai condemned the renewed counter-killings and extended his condolences to the families who lost their loved ones.