Bandits yesterday attacked Kuregu community in Zaria Local Government of Kaduna State killing at least two persons and also abducted an Arabic and Islamic studies teacher in a school.
The incident happened on Friday around 10:pm when the bandits stormed the community.
Africa Today News, New York had recently reported how Professor Aliyu Mohammed of Abubakar Tafawa University Department of Agriculture, Bauchi who live close to the community was kidnapped and how an undisclosed amount was paid as ransom before he regained his freedom.
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A resident of Kuregu community, who pleaded anonymity told reporters on Saturday that the two persons killed were members of the community.
He said the victims were just at the wrong place at the wrong time because the bandits came asking for the houses of wealthy individuals in the community when they came across the victims and shot them before abducting an Islamic studies teacher in the community.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK