Suspected armed robbers kill 1, injure others in Jigawa—Police vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
The state Commissioner of Police, Bala Zama, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Dutse, said the suspected robbers stormed the village at about 3 a.m. on Thursday.
“They went and attacked the house of one prominent son of the area and wounded about five others,” Zama said. ‘I think they came for a specific target because they went directly to the house of Alhaji Liman, who is cattle dealer.“They didn’t ask for anything, but they shot at everyone that came out to assist. In fact, if they saw the sign of torch light they shot at its direction.He added that the suspects allegedly shot dead one Muhammad Jinjiri after he came to assist Abdulkadir Saleh, who was the main target of the suspects.
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