Katsina Mosque Attack Death Toll Rises to 32
At least 30 worshippers were killed during early morning prayers as bandit violence rooted in land disputes escalates into organized crime in northwestern Nigeria, officials said.
- On Tuesday, gunmen attacked a mosque in Unguwar Mantau, Malumfashi Local Government Area, Katsina state, killing at least 30 Muslim worshippers during Fajr prayers.
- Longstanding herder-farmer tensions have morphed into organised crime as criminal gangs locally called 'bandits' finance operations through cattle rustling, kidnappings and extortion, with truces often collapsing.
- Witnesses said assailants arrived on motorcycles, opened fire inside the mosque killing nine worshippers on the spot, while survivors recounted women and girls being dragged away and homes torched.
- Katsina State Government said the death toll rose to 32 on Wednesday; Governor Dikko Radda consulted Acting Governor Malam Faruk Lawal Jobe and sent a delegation, while Katsina police prevented attacks on two villages.
- Local residents say they can no longer live in their villages due to relentless attacks, worsened by limited state institutions and collapsing truces in Kaduna, Katsina and Niger states.
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Katsina mosque attack death toll rises to 32
Katsina State Government has said that the death toll from the attack by bandits on worshippers at a mosque in the Malumfashi Local Government Area of the state has increased to 32. The Media Directorate of the government made this disclosure in a statement following a visit by a delegation led by the Secretary to the State Government, Abdullahi Faskari, to the Unguwar Mantau community. DAILY POST reports that the delegation was received in Karf…
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Criminal gangs, locally called “bandits,” have for years preyed on rural communities in Nigeria’s northwest and centre. What began as disputes between herders and farmers over land and water has escalated into organised crime
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