At least six persons were killed on Tuesday afternoon when bandits attacked Ruwan Godiya and Kwai communities in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. <\/p>\n
They also injured scores and rustled several animals.<\/p>\n
Residents said the bandits, numbering over a hundred, stormed the communities on motorcycles between 12 noon and 1 pm while a lot of people were still working on their farms.<\/p>\n
According to a resident of Ruwan Godiya, Lawal Kafinta, the six persons killed were buried according to Islamic rites.<\/p>\n
He gave their names of the victims as follows: Saidu Nadada, Nadabo Danjuma, Surajo Alhaji Garba and Ibrahim Haliru, among two others whom he could not recall their names.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At least six persons were killed on Tuesday afternoon when bandits attacked Ruwan Godiya and Kwai communities in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. They also injured scores and rustled several animals. Residents said the bandits, numbering over a hundred, stormed the communities on motorcycles between 12 noon and 1 pm while a lot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":198088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[210,42351,83,33529],"class_list":["post-204693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-bandits","tag-godiya","tag-insecurity","tag-kastina"],"yoast_head":"\n