Four dead, 18 injured during Zakkat distribution in Katsina

Four radical person died and 18 others were injured pursuing a stampede during the organisation of the yearly Ramadan Zakkat (alms) astatine a residence successful Katsina metropolis.

Security expert Zagazola Makama shared the incidental connected Saturday successful a station connected X, stating that the calamity occurred astir 9 p.m. connected Thursday astatine the residence of Alhaji Dahiru Usman Sarki successful Kofar Guga Quarters.

According to Makama, a ample assemblage had gathered astatine the residence to person Ramadan alms erstwhile immoderate individuals allegedly forced their mode into the compound, triggering a stampede.

The Divisional Police Officer of Central Police Station, Katsina, rapidly mobilised officers to the country and managed to bring the concern nether control.

Eighteen radical sustained varying degrees of injuries and were rushed to the General Hospital, Katsina, for treatment.

“Four of the victims were aboriginal certified dormant by aesculapian doctors. They person been identified arsenic Bilkisu Mamman, 40, of Kerau Quarters; Ihsan Musbahu, 40, of Abattoir Quarters; Aisha Sani, 16, of Kofar Sauri Quarters; and Salamatu Kabir, 45, of Sabuwar Unguwa Quarters. Another victim, 15-year-old Hafsat Zubairu of Masanawa Quarters, was referred to the Federal Teaching Hospital for further aesculapian attention,” Makama wrote.

Police authorities confirmed that the organisers of th...