Fresh attack claims two in Kaduna

No fewer than two persons have been reported killed following an attack by unidentified gunmen at Pasakori village in Jema’a Local Government area of Kaduna State.
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Mukhtar Aliyu, said the assailants stormed the village around 10pm on Sunday night.
The Police Spokespersons said the attackers shot sparodically killing two persons while three others sustained injuries, adding that security agents had since been mobilised to the area while investigation was ongoing.
Mr Silas Maza, a student of Kaduna State College of Education Gidan Waya, about one kilometre away from Pasakori Village said that they heard gun shots fired miles away and panicked before the noise subsided few minutes later.
“Soldiers were deployed to the area and as we speak, there are a number of check points on the road,” he said.
Pasakori Village had suffered incessant attacks in late 2016 into 2017 by unknown gunmen that led to loss of lives and property.