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Kano: Gunmen kill two, injure four

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Calamity struck on Monday night as yet-to-be-identified gunmen reportedly unleashed terror in Kano community killing two people and leaving four others severely injured in Bagwai town, in Bagwai local government area of Kano State.

Sources gathered that the suspected gunmen were said to have come in a car and invaded the town around 10.30 pm, killing the son of a Peoples Democratic Party stalwart in the area and one-time zonal woman leader of the party in Kano North, Hajia Balaraba Sani.

According to the report, another 35-year-old young man identified as Muhammad who is also a staff of the Health Department, Bagwai local government council, was killed during the attack.

A source told newsmen that the incident occurred at the front of a busy fish sellers shop in town, where people gathered to relax.

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It was further gathered that the Police later came to evacuate the corpses, as well as the injured who were rushed to the hospital.

Meanwhile, the tragic incident has been confirmed by the information officer of Bagwai local government, Shibili Rabiu.

Rabiu disclosed that one person died on the spot while another gave up the ghost at the hospital, as two others are receiving treatment.

As at the time of filing this report, the policies still yet to make any comment on the incident.

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