By our reporter| Suspected bandits on Wednesday continued their renewed assault on Kaduna state with an attack at a low-cost housing estate at Kofar Gayan in Zaria Local Government Area.
The bandits kidnapped six people including a Customs officer and his son after invading the estate at about 8 pm on Wednesday and started shooting sporadically.
According to an eyewitness account, the bandits trailed the customs officer from his family house in Zaria city down to the estate. Four others within the estate were later abducted by the gunmen.
The incident comes two days after Monday night’s attack on an Abuja-Kaduna-bound train, that killed eight people, injured 26, and kidnap of an unspecified number of persons.
Kaduna State and several others in the northwest and north-central regions have suffered from banditry in recent years.
The gunmen have largely targeted schools and other public facilities.
Despite efforts by security agencies and the government, attacks by the armed men have continued and there are fears it might spread to other parts of the country.
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