It sorrow and wailing as terrorists invaded President Muhammadu Buhari’s home State of Katsina k!lling at least 23.
Sources say that the latest attack was carried out in villages around the Kankara area of the state on Saturday.
Scores of residents reportedly sustained injuries as the invaders killed 21 males and two females.
Reports add that the assailants stormed the communities on Friday to attend the wedding party (Walima) of one of their kingpins, identified as ‘Mai Katifa Mutuwa’ at Majifa Village.
After the event, however, they stayed back in the neighbourhood till Saturday to launch the attack.
“Instead of leaving peacefully after the wedding party, the bandits chose to invade nearby villages in the area on Saturday. They attacked several settlements, including Danmarke, Gidan Sale, Gidan Sarka, Gidan Jiho, Gidan Ancho, among others.
“Some vigilantes attempted to stop the hoodlums, but they were not enough to match their fighting power as they unleashed mayhem on the neighbourhood.
“This morning, we gathered that 23 villagers were killed in the attack. We attended the burial rites of some of them this morning,” a source disclosed to Daily Post.
The source added: “Many people were also injured in the attack. Some of them have since been conveyed to Kankara General Hospital while others to hospitals in the state capital, Katsina.”