At least 21 persons, including women and children, have been reportedly killed after bandits attacked Tsauwa Village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State on Monday night.
According to eyewitness report, the bandits who stormed the village on motorbikes, armed with sophisticated weapons started shooting sporadically even as they set the village ablaze.
Some houses, food items and shops as well as motorcycles were also burnt during the invasion.
Many other residents sustained gunshot wounds in the incident that lasted from 5 pm to 6 pm on Monday, while many survivors have fled the area.
A similar incident had occurred in the same villages on February 2, 2020, claiming the lives of 38 people, mostly women and children.
The member representing Batsari constituency at the state House of Assembly, Hon. Jabiru Yusuf Yau-yau, who also confirmed the attack to THISDAY, said the hoodlums killed many people.
He said: “About 270 bandits riding on motorcycles attacked our village (Tsauwa) yesterday (Monday) and killed 21 people. Right now, we have 21 dead bodies and none of the bodies have been taken to the cemetery and those who survived the attack are moving to Batsari town.
“Last time they killed 38 people and even a few days ago they ambushed some people and killed nine. This is the third attack on Tsauwa village. In the first one, they killed 38 people; the second one, they killed 11 people and yesterday (Monday) they killed 21. See their corpses laying down here; even the burial has not commenced.”
Batsari remains one of the danger zones of the state with its increasing reputation for banditry.
