Gunmen attacked Ungwar Wakili village in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, resulting in the deaths of at least 17 people. Reports suggest that the majority of the casualties were women and children, including a woman and her newborn baby.
Initially, 15 fatalities were reported, but later it was confirmed that two of the three people who sustained injuries also died.
The police authorities have yet to comment on the incident, but the Executive Chairman of Zango Kataf Local Government Area, Francis Sani, reported that the attackers, suspected to be militia herders, invaded the community around 9 pm on Saturday, shooting sporadically at people’s houses.
He stated that the gunmen, who were located near a mobile police checkpoint, operated for hours without any resistance from security operatives.
The Chairman explained that fifteen locals, mostly women and children, were killed in the process, either from gunshots or machete cuts.
The injured have been taken to the hospital for treatment, while the bodies of the victims will be given a mass burial after normalcy is restored.
A 24-hour curfew has been imposed on Ungwan Juju, Mabuhu, Ungwan Wakili, and Zangon Urban, with the Nigerian Army deployed to restore peace in the area.
