By MARY RONKE, Minna –
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed nine worshipers and injured six others in an attack on a mosque at Tungan Ba’are village in Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger State.
It was learnt that the incident occured in the early hours of Thursday, when the residents were observing their morning prayers.
Confirming the incident, The Commissioner of Police in the state, Monday-Bala Kuryas, said a primary school teacher was abducted by the gunmen, adding that those killed were aged between 65 and 30.
The police commissioner said the six injured persons were evacuated to Kontagora General hospital for treatment.
He gave their names as, Umaru Sahabi, Mohammed Maikasuwa, Isa Abu, Mohammed Danbarau, Mohammed Dandangi and Alhaji Dan Mairini.
“We can’t ascertain the number of victims kidnapped, as only one primary school teacher of Tungan Ba’are was revealed to be kidnapped by the armed gunmen during the incident.”
According to the commissioner, the incident might be a reprisal attack resulting from a long standing communal feud.
He said that additional armed security personnel had since been deployed to the area to track and arrest the gunmen and all other miscreants undermining peaceful coexistence among the residents.
Kuryas urged the people to support security agencies with credible information on the activities of criminals around them.
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