{"id":87588,"date":"2021-10-25T20:35:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T19:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=87588"},"modified":"2021-10-25T20:35:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T19:35:12","slug":"gunmen-kill-unspecified-number-of-worshipers-at-mosque-abduct-others-in-niger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/gunmen-kill-unspecified-number-of-worshipers-at-mosque-abduct-others-in-niger\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen kill unspecified number of worshipers at Mosque, abduct others in Niger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m14783\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Police Command in Niger said gunmen had killed an unspecified number of people while observing early morning\u00a0 prayers at a Mosque at Mazakuka village in Mashegu\u00a0 Local Government Area of the state.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Monday Kuryas, who disclosed this to Newsmen in Minna on Monday, said the hoodlums also abducted seven other worshipers at the mosque.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nKuryas said the incident occurred on Oct. 25 at about 0530 hours when the gunmen attacked the village.<\/p>\n<p>He said the gunmen later destroyed property worth millions of Naira belonging to one Alhaji Abubakar Maigandus in the village.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said security personnel,however, shot dead one of the bandits.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner said that the incident was understood to be a reprisal attack resulting from a long standing communal feud.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said that already additional armed security personnel had since been deployed to the area to ensure the arrest of the gunmen and all other miscreants undermining the peaceful coexistence among residents.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the residents, especially those in the rural areas of the state, to come forward with reliable information that could aid the personnel deployed across the state to ensure the arrest and prosecution of all those involved in criminal acts.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201dWe are battle-ready to confront any form of criminal elements as long as good residents will\u00a0 volunteer credible information on movement of dubious characters in their midst,\u201d Kuryas said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Police Command in Niger said gunmen had killed an unspecified number of people while observing early morning\u00a0 prayers at a Mosque at Mazakuka village in Mashegu\u00a0 Local Government Area&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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