A member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Grace Chalya Silas, has been stabbed to death by yet-to-be-identified assailants in Kaduna State.
The Kaduna State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, who confirmed the incident to the press on Thursday, said the incident occurred in the early hours of the same day .
He said the deceased was jogging when some hoodlums ambushed her with the intention to steal her phone.
Hassan said, “She was stabbed by some elements while she was doing her body exercise along GRA road in Barnawa this morning.
“The suspects who were on a bike, stopped and wanted to snatch her phone. While they were struggling to snatch the phone, one of the suspects used a sharp knife and stabbed her.
“When the police received the information, she was quickly rushed to Harmony Hospital, where she was later confirmed dead by the doctors”.
The PPRO added that the Commissioner of Police, CP Musa Yusuf Garba, has directed a thorough investigation into the incident.
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