{"id":232976,"date":"2022-12-05T04:37:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T03:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=232976"},"modified":"2022-12-05T04:37:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T03:37:20","slug":"imam-worshipper-shot-many-abducted-as-bandits-attack-mosque-in-katsina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/12\/05\/imam-worshipper-shot-many-abducted-as-bandits-attack-mosque-in-katsina\/","title":{"rendered":"Imam, worshipper shot, many abducted as bandits attack mosque in Katsina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bandits shot Imam, worshippers and abduct many during an attack on a mosque in Maigamji village along Funtua-Dandume road, Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina State.<\/p>\n<p>A former councillor of Maigamji ward in Funtua LGA of Katsina, Alhaji Lawal Maigamji, said the bandits stormed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/12\/02\/update-they-shot-me-and-abducted-our-imam-delta-mosque-survivor-speaks-from-hospital\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mosque<\/a> during Isha\u2019i prayer on Saturday, December 3, 2022, and opened fire on two people, including the Imam.<\/p>\n<p>He identified those shot as Malam Yusha&#8217;u, the Imam, and Hussaini Jamo, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/12\/02\/gunmen-attack-mosque-injure-11-worshippers-in-delta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worshipper<\/a>, adding that they are both receiving treatment at a hospital in Funtua.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-232979 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/kunlenet07\/2022\/12\/05\/Katsina-mosque-attack.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/kunlenet07\/2022\/12\/05\/Katsina-mosque-attack.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/kunlenet07\/2022\/12\/05\/Katsina-mosque-attack-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/12\/kunlenet07\/2022\/12\/05\/Katsina-mosque-attack-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey surrounded the mosque when Ishaa\u2019i congregational prayer was being conducted, after shooting Imam Yusha\u2019u and Hussaini Jamo, they abducted 18 people and made away with them into the bush,\u201d Lawal Maigamji said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that four of the abducted victims escaped from their captors while in transit.<\/p>\n<p>In a related development, at least 31 people were reportedly abducted in Karare and Kokiya villages of Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State in the early hours of Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The terrorists, which were said to number about 40 riding on motorcycles, invaded the village where they killed one person and abducted the people including women and children.<\/p>\n<p>According to Daily Trust, some of the abductees were students heading to the Government Day Secondary School, Karare from Kokiya village.<\/p>\n<p>As of the time of compiling this report, residents of Karare and Kokiya villages were yet to ascertain the number of abducted victims.<\/p>\n<p>The chairman of Batsari Local Government area, Yusuf Yanji, who confirmed the kidnapping of some residents, however, refuted the allegations of the students\u2019 abduction, saying the story was unfounded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bandits shot Imam, worshippers and abduct many during an attack on a mosque in Maigamji village along Funtua-Dandume road, Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina State. 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