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Report Says: No fewer than five gunmen suspected to be members of an unknown militant group were killed by local residents in southern Kaduna in the early hours of yesterday.
Report Says: No fewer than five gunmen suspected to be members of an unknown militant group were killed by local residents in southern Kaduna in the early hours of yesterday.
AfricCon Blog Report - Sahara Reporters also reports that the fierce fight happened in an area known as Fadan Kaje, close to Zonkwa in Zangon Kataf local government area.
A source added that the gunmen had specialized in carrying out night attacks in the volatile southern Kaduna area of Kaduna State.
According to the source, some of the locals who repelled the attacks suffered some injuries.
Several residents told SaharaReporters that the whole area was agog with gunshots throughout the night.
A security source said, “We are still gathering information from the scene, but the fact is that about five of the gunmen who attacked the village have been killed by the indigenes of the area.”
He added that this was the first time gunmen menacing the area suffered casualties since they commenced their guerrilla attacks.
A retired senior military officer who lives in the area, when contacted by telephone from New York, said he was aware of the development but added that he had not been briefed about the casualties suffered by the gunmen. “Their luck finally ran out,” said the retired officer.
Last Thursday, another set of gunmen attacked a police station and killed two officers in Kaura town, close to the scene of yesterday’s gun battle.
