Kaduna Police Command has confirmed the killing of three persons by gunmen at Unguwan Rimi village in Chawai District of Kauru Local Government Area of the state.
Spokesman of the police in Kaduna, Yakubu Sabo, said information reached the police on Monday about armed men who entered the village and began shooting sporadically.
Mr Sabo said in a statement that three persons were killed in the process.
He named the victims as Monday Yahaya, 8; Samson David, 17; and Ashimile Danladi, 9.
The spokesman said a team of policemen was quickly drafted to the area.
Sabo said that efforts were ongoing to apprehend the gunmen, adding that the command had intensified surveillance and other proactive efforts to forestall further breach of the peace in the area.
The traditional head of Chawai, Yahaya Mohammed, said that the killers invaded the village settlement around 2:30 am.
The monarch alleged that the attackers proceeded to Chikoba settlement at about 4 pm and opened fire in the area killing another child and injuring another.
“Following an uproar, we immediately alerted security operatives to come to our rescue.
“Except for the elderly man, who sustained gunshot wounds, I cannot confirm to you the exact number of injured persons as so many people ran out of their homes for safety when the attack began,” he said.
