Over 28 people were reportedly killed by terrorists on Sunday night in two separate attacks in the Kagoro Chiefdom’s Malagum 1 and Sokwong communities in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Hon. Mathias Siman, the council chairman, could only confirm that seven people were brutally killed in the Sokwong Community when he confirmed the incident to journalists on Monday.
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The assault comes just five days after one in Malagum 1 that claimed the lives of three people.
He claimed that the terrorist had completely destroyed every home in the Sokwong Community and added that he had not yet confirmed the killings in Malagum.
Mathias urged locals to maintain their composure as security agencies were sent to the area to conduct investigations.
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Over 22 deaths have been confirmed in Malagum 1, according to Kaura Local Government Area Speaker Hon. Atuk Stephen, while eight deaths have reportedly occurred in Sokwong.
Atuk called the killings “deadly” and urged the Federal Government and security agencies to step up efforts to prevent additional killings in the region.
Attacks in our area have been ongoing and multifaceted, he continued, despite government and security personnel’s best efforts going unnoticed.
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Mohammed Jalige, the Kaduna State Police Command’s spokesman, could not be reached at the time this report was filed.
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