{"id":24355,"date":"2022-03-30T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.barnabastoday.com\/?p=24355"},"modified":"2022-03-31T06:37:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T05:37:01","slug":"news-africa-fifty-nigerians-killed-and-100-abducted-in-attacks-on-nine-villages-in-kaduna-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.barnabastoday.com\/2022\/03\/news-africa-fifty-nigerians-killed-and-100-abducted-in-attacks-on-nine-villages-in-kaduna-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifty Nigerians killed and 100 abducted in attacks on nine villages in Kaduna State"},"content":{"rendered":"
At least 50 people were killed<\/a> and more than 100 abducted, including a church minister, when nine villages in Giwa Local Government Area (LGA) of northern Kaduna State, Nigeria were attacked late on 24 March and into the early hours of 25 March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A church and homes were razed, around 30 vehicles set on fire and cattle stolen during the assaults on the communities of Unguwar Kaya Fatika, Barebare, Dillalai, Zango Tama, Unguwar Bakko, Gidan, Alhajin Kadi, Kadanya and Duromi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Former Kaduna State Governor, Ahmed Makarfi, said the violence was especially distressing as it came soon after more than\u00a030 Christians were killed<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday 20 March in attacks on four villages in Kaura LGA in southern Kaduna State by suspected Fulani militants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n