The bandits who raided the community at about 10 pm, abducted 16 residents including a medical doctor and his family members.
According to a source, ” the JTF commander and his colleagues opened fire at the bandits but unfortunately he was not aware that they were very close.
“Two people lost their lives, 16 were abducted, while, 6 were rescued during the attack. The bandits might have targeted the house of a medical doctor in the area as they went straight to his residence and abducted him and 6 members of his family.
“They took his corpse to his wife and later buried him. We are just coming from the burial ground ,” he said.
“The situation could have been worse but the people quickly informed neighbouring communities who came out and chased the bandits. That was how we were able to rescue 6 kidnapped persons, “the source added.
People in communities around the Millennium City Kaduna have been living in fear of bandit attacks, a situation that made some residents to be relocating to other locations for safety.