At least 69 people have been killed in simultenous attacks on four villages in Katsina State.
Witnesses said the attackers, believed
to be Fulani herdsmen, rode motorcycles into the villages – Mararaban
Maigoro, Goran Mota and Ungwan Rimi – in broad daylight on Wednesday and
killed whoever they found.
A lawmaker from the state, Abdullahi Machika, told both the Agence France Presse and the British Broadcasting Corporation that 47 of the victims were murdered and buried in Mararraban Maigoro.
Machika added that seven were buried in Goran Mota, seven in Ungwan Rimi and eight in Maigoro.
Machika said, “As I speak, we are
still searching for dead bodies in the bushes. The attackers were not
thieves but killers. They did not steal anything; they came to kill
people. The people, who looked like Fulani herdsmen killed 69
villagers and burnt scores of houses between Tuesday and Wednesday.
