PHOTOS: 17 including women and children killed in fresh Kajuru attack

At least 17 persons were killed in fresh attack on Ungwan Barde in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna state by gunmen in the early hours of Sunday, March 10.

It was gathered that the massacre followed the death of a man identified as Danbuzu Beni who was killed on Saturday, as he went to his farm after voting.

When some members of the community noticed his absence they decided to send a team of five persons to go and search for him

On their way, the team met some armed men who asked them to go back, leading to an exchange between the two groups.

According to reports, as the five persons, who were on bikes turned to go, they were given hot chase by the armed men and in the process, four escaped but one of them fell and has not been seen since yesterday.

Later the gunmen trailed the villagers to their community and attacked the village on Sunday morning, killing 16 persons including children.