Police confirm killing of five worshippers in Kebbi mosque attack

The Kebbi State Police Command has confirmed the sidesplitting of 5 worshippers successful an onslaught connected a mosque successful Maiyama Local Government Area of the state.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Bashir Usman, disclosed this successful a connection connected Thursday, stating that the incidental occurred astatine astir 8:30 p.m. connected Wednesday successful Dadin Kowa community.

According to him, suspected members of the Lakurawa violent radical carried retired the onslaught during Taraweeh prayers.

He described the incidental arsenic a reprisal, noting that 5 worshippers mislaid their lives portion 3 others sustained injuries and are presently receiving attraction astatine a hospital.

Usman said the attackers fled into the bush earlier information operatives arrived astatine the scene. He added that constabulary personnel, successful collaboration with the subject and section vigilante groups, were instantly deployed to the country to reconstruct calm and support nationalist order.

The bid condoled with the families of the victims and the radical of Maiyama implicit the tragic incident.

Residents judge the onslaught whitethorn beryllium linked to caller information operations targeting the group’s hide...