Gunmen yesterday reportedly killed a Chinese national and an indigenous co-railway worker supervising a project in Kirim village in Kaura LGA. It is a border community between Kaduna and Plateau States.
Two other Chinese workers who also sustained injuries were rushed to the Kafanchan General Hospital for first aid, but were later transferred to Abuja.
The victims were rehabilitating the Jos-Kafanchan rail line, it was gathered
A resident said Kaura community, which has been under attacks, is again the target of gunmen who were planning an assault on a Marwa community, but saw the railway line workers as a threat.
“The gunmen ambushed the Chinese and one Nigerian who where in a car supervising rail lines work. One Chinese and a Marwa man died. The area has been experiencing gunmen attacks and we suspects that they were coming to attack Marwa community but have to ambush the rail line workers,” a security source said.
Kaduna State Police Commissioner Mr. Olufemi Adenaike confirmed the incident to journalists in Kaduna.
A resident said Kaura community, which has been under attacks, is again the target of gunmen who were planning an assault on a Marwa community, but saw the railway line workers as a threat.
“The gunmen ambushed the Chinese and one Nigerian who where in a car supervising rail lines work. One Chinese and a Marwa man died. The area has been experiencing gunmen attacks and we suspects that they were coming to attack Marwa community but have to ambush the rail line workers,” a security source said.
Kaduna State Police Commissioner Mr. Olufemi Adenaike confirmed the incident to journalists in Kaduna.
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