Katsina is one of several states in northwestern and central Nigeria that are terrorised by bandits.
KANO: Gunmen from criminal gangs have killed 13 Islamic seminary pupils during a ceremony celebrating the birth of Prophet Muhammad in northwestern Nigeria’s Katsina state, a local official said today.
Several gunmen on motorcycles stormed Kusa village in Musawa district at around 2130 GMT on Sunday, opening fire on schoolchildren celebrating Maulidur Rasul in the centre of the village, Habibu Abdulkadir, political administrator for Musawa district, told AFP by phone. “Our local vigilantes deployed in the village and confronted the bandits, forcing them to flee into the bush,” Abdulkadir said.
Settlements form self-defence vigilante groups to protect villages and gangs carry out tit-for-tat reprisals on rival communities, often including mass abductions for ransom or leverage.
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