At least five persons have been killed in separate attacks by gunmen in Zango-Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the incidents on Saturday.
A 10-year-old herder was among those killed in the attacks carried out around the Maduachi Forest, while another resident was also killed in Kurmin-Masara along Bakin Kogi in Atyap chiefdom.
The assailants also attacked the Jankasa General Area Ground – the boundary between Zangon Kataf and Kaura Local Government – and shot one man dead on his farm.
Ungwan Rana in Zonzon District was also attacked with a resident dying from gunshot wounds just as one other person lost his life at Ungwan Gaiya Village.
The assailants were later repelled by a combined team of Operation Safe Haven and the Police Tactical Squad.