Muhammed Abubakar, Reporting
Terrorists, on Tuesday, raided Gakurdi village in Jibiya Local Government Area of Katsina State gruesomely killing 12 villagers in their wake.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Gambo Isah, confirmed the incident.
He said it was true that the village was attacked and about a score killed on Tuesday morning.
Stonix News gathered that the invaders stormed the village in the early hours of Tuesday morning with their motorcycles and set farmlands ablaze.
They were said to start shooting indiscriminately thereby causing pandemonium in the sleepy village.
Sources said it was when the terrorists were leaving the place that they opened fire on 12 villagers.
SP Isah said some villagers who attempted to escape into their farmlands were killed by the terrorists.
According to him, the police and other security agencies are on top of the situation, adding that the state Commissioner of Police, Idris Dabban, had led a team of security operatives to the village to assess the level of destruction unleashed on the community.