About 12 persons have been killed in a terrorist attack early Tuesday morning in Gakurdi village, in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina state.
The Katsina State Police Command confirmed the incident to pressmen.
The terrorists were also said to have burnt some farmlands belonging to the residents of the village during the attack.
Findings show that the terrorists arrived in the village on four motorcycles and started shooting indiscriminately, a development that forced residents to scamper for safety.
The police command spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, who confirmed the incident , said some villagers who attempted to escape into their farmlands were also killed by the terrorists.
He said the Commissioner of Police, Idris Dabban, led a team of security operatives including himself to the village for an on-the-spot assessment of the incident.
Isah said, “The incident is true. The bandits were at the village this (Tuesday) morning and killed twelve villagers. Some of those killed included those attempting to escape to their farmlands. The Commissioner of Police had led a team of security operatives to the village this morning.”