A senior security source has confirmed to SaharaReporters
that about three gunmen suspected to be members of an unknown militant Islamist
group, were killed by local residents in southern Kaduna in the early hours of
today. The fierce fight happened in an area known as Fadan Kaje, close to
Zonkwa in Zangon Kataf local government.
The source added that the gunmen had specialized in carrying
out night attacks in the volatile southern Kaduna area of Kaduna State.
According to our source, some of the locals who repelled the attacks suffered
some injuries.
Several residents told SaharaReporters that the whole area
was agog with gunshots throughout the night.
Our security source said, “We are still gathering
information from the scene, but the fact is that about five of the gunmen who
attacked the village have been killed by the indigenes of the area.”
He added that this was the first time gunmen menacing the
area suffered casualties since they commenced their guerrilla attacks in the
area.
A retired senior military officer who lives in the area,
when contacted by telephone from our New York office, said he was aware of the
development but added that he had not been briefed about the casualties
suffered by the gunmen. “Their luck finally ran out,” said the retired officer.
Last Thursday, another set of gunmen attacked a police
station and killed two officers in Kaura town, close to the scene of today’s
gun battle.
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