By Sahelian Times
Nigerian soldiers killed two innocent villagers yesterday and critically injured four in Kanon Haki village of Katsina State.
Protests started in the village after a terror attack that killed 7 on Tuesday. Victims told BBC Hausa that they reported the attack to the soldiers, but they didn’t help and when they started protesting, the soldiers opened fire.
Bandits had reportedly attacked some communities around the area where they killed seven persons and abducted five women.
Sources said the incident took place in Faskari local government of the state during an over night attack.
“In Kanon Haki village, five persons were killed by the bandits while two persons were killed in Unguwar Alhaji Ibrahim Maiwada,” a source said.
Reacting to the incident, the Deputy Speaker of the Katsina State House of Assembly, who is the member representing Faskari constituency, said there were about four bandits’ attacks in the area within a week.
The lawmaker said he raised a motion on matters of urgent public importance, where he prayed before the House, calling on government to scale up its measures against banditry in the state.
“The situation is dire and authorities must rise up to the occasion. We must protect lives and properties of the people who gave us their trust. It is disheartening to see them being killed all the time,” he said.
