Three persons have been killed while seven others were abducted as bandits attacked communities in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Two people were killed when the assailants attacked a community near Anguwar Tanko Dogon Sarki settlement under the Kakangi constituency of Birnin Gwari LGA around 9:00 am on Tuesday, April 16, 2024.

The bandits also attacked Rafin Gora village, located two kilometres from the Dogon Dawa area of the constituency around 7:00 pm on the same day, killing a villager and abducting seven others.

A member of the Birnin Gwari Progressive Emirates Union, who preferred not to be named because he was not authorised to speak, confirmed the Anguwar Tanko Dogon Sarki incident to the Daily Trust.

He also mentioned that on the same day, the bandits abducted some villagers at Tashar Keji village under the Kakangi constituency of Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna state.

The member representing Kakangi Ward in the State Assembly, Yahaya Musa Dan Salio, confirmed the incident at Rafin Gora village but said he was yet to receive full details of the other incidents.

Meanwhile, bandits also killed one Abdul Rasheed on his way from Birnin Gwari to Funtua in Katsina State.