Eleven persons were killed with two others wounded in a fresh attack by bandits on the Gurbi community in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, Northwest Nigeria.
According to the local police, the incident happened around 2:40 pm on April 26th, 2026, when the hoodlums attacked the village and shot residents before the arrival of security agencies.
Katsina State Police Command spokesman Abubakar Sadiq said on receipt of the distress call, a joint security team comprising the police, military, and other sister security agencies, led by the DPO, promptly mobilised to the scene.
But he explained that the assailants fled on seeing the police personnel.
Sadiq added that the State Commissioner of Police, Ali Fage, has deployed additional tactical teams to the area to forestall further attacks after the return of nomalcy.
The incident is the latest in the list of attacks in communities in the North-West state and other regions of the country in the last few days.
On Sunday, gunmen killed at least 29 people in an attack on the Guyaku and Telabala communities in the Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
The attackers reportedly stormed the community during a football match at a primary school at about 5:00 p.m. They shot sporadically and prompted residents to flee to safer locations.
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