Suspected bandits have killed four farmers and abducted eight others from Nahuta village, in Batsari local government area of Katsina State, at the weekend.
The State’s Police Command spokesman, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, who confirmed the attack yesterday in Katsina, said the farmers were harvesting their crops when the assailants struck.
One of the farmers that managed to escape received gunshot wounds, he added.
“The suspected bandits attacked the farmers on Saturday, opened fire on them thereby killing four and injuring one; they also abducted eight others”, Aliyu said.
