Gunmen Set 6-member Family Ablaze In Kaduna

  

Tears flowed free yesterday in Madauchi community in Zango Kataf local government area of Kaduna State following an early-hour killing of six members of one family by yet-to-be-identified terrorists.

Gunmen, who particularly went to the house of one Mr. Yakubu Kayit, surrounded the house and set it ablaze while the victims were asleep.


Eyewitnesses said the hoodlums invaded the community around 1am, shot guns sporadically and then set Mr. Kayit’s house ablaze. Six members of the household were killed.
 the attack that lasted over 30 minutes went unchallenged by soldiers stationed in the area.

Also confirming the attack, the Kaduna State police command said it has since launched a manhunt for the perpetrators of the act.


The spokesman of the command, DSP Aminu Lawan, who confirmed the killings, said anti-riot policemen had been drafted to the scene of the incident with the hope of arresting the perpetrators.