Tag: KILL

Police Confirmrs 1 killed, 2 Community Leaders Abducted in Bauchi

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Police Command in Bauch State has confirmed that gunmen killed one person and abducted three others, including two community leaders in the Ningi Local Government Area of the state.  The Spokesman of the command, SP. Ahmed Wakil, confirmed the development in an interviewon Monday in Bauchi. He said that the gunmen attacked a community known as Balma, killing one person and abducting three others, including two community leaders late on Saturday. Wakil said the two community leaders were a village head in Balma community and a ward head in…

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Bandits kill 8 close to IDP Camp in Benue

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Bandits attacked a community opposite the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp at Abagena, Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue and killed eight persons including women and children. An eyewitness told newsmen that eight other persons were seriously injured and were evacuated to a hospital for treatment. “Some of the victims were beheaded and their heads taken away. The bushes are still being combed in search of more victims. “A man, his wife and four children were all wiped out in the attack. “The casualty figure may likely rise as three…

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Israeli army kills 2 Palestinian near Jenin

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Two Palestinian were killed in an Israeli military operation near the Palestinian town of Jenin on Saturday. According to unanimous reports from both sides, the Palestinian men fired shots from a moving car at Israeli soldiers, who returned fire. The men, aged 23 and 24, were fatally wounded, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The Israeli army said the soldiers were on an anti-terrorist mission. An M-16 rifle was found on the two attackers after the incident. The Israeli soldiers were not injured. Jenin is considered a Palestinian stronghold. The…

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Police kill 3 suspected bandits, recover 2 rifles in Katsina State

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nigerian Police Command in Katsina State said its personnel have killed three suspected bandits attacking villages in Danmusa Local Government Area. The Commissioner of Police, Sanusi Buba, who stated this at a news briefing in Katsina on Wednesday, said the police were committed to ridding the state of banditry. He said that no fewer than 50 bandits recently attacked Unguwar-bera and Tashar-Mangoro villages in Danmusa Local Government Area. Buba said that a team of policemen ambushed the bandits at a spot in-between Mara and Tashar-Gajere villages and recovered two AK-47…

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Police kill 2 suspected kidnappers in Plateau

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Police Command in Plateau have killed two suspected kidnappers in Gindiri, Mangu Local Government Area of the state. ASP Ubah Ogaba, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, disclosed this in a statement in Jos. According to him, the criminals were killed after a gun battle with the police on Monday afternoon, adding that other members of the notorious gang escaped with various degrees of injuries.  “In our unrelenting efforts to stem down criminality in the state, we launched a manhunt on a notorious gang of kidnappers…

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Gunmen kill Associate Professor in Makurdi

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Police Command in Benua has confirmed the killing of Karl Kwaghger, an Associate Professor with the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi (UMA), by unknown gunmen on Saturday night. The late don lectured at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the university. The command’s spokesperon, DSP Catherine Anene, said on Sunday in Makurdi that the lecturer’s body was found around 11p.m. within the Tarka Foundation premises, Makurdi. The state-owned Tarka Foundation houses a hotel and many other sports facilities which draw many people almost round the clock. Anene, however, said that…

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Pakistan says civilians killed, hurt in Kashmir clashes with India

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

At least one Pakistani civilian was killed and five were wounded when Indian border forces targeted villages in the disputed regions of Kashmir, the army said on Friday, amid rising tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours. Indian border troops fired artillery shells and rockets at army posts and targeted civilians in the villages overnight, a statement by the Pakistani military said. The incident occurred across the Line of Control, a de facto frontier that divides Kashmir in two parts each controlled by Pakistan and India. The nuclear-armed neighbours both claim the…

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