Bloody crisis leaves 12 dead, 15 injured, and hundreds of houses destroyed in Kaduna
At least 12 persons have died in a crisis that erupted at Kasuwan Magani in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Monday.
The crisis, which police has said was avoidable, had left over hundreds of houses, shops destroyed and no fewer than eleven persons dead yesterday. Fifteen others were said to have been injured.
Another victim of the crisis has died on Tuesday (today), police have confirmed.
The State Police Commissioner, Austin Iwar, who visited the area told journalists that 18 suspects have been arrested and that the command recovered dangerous weapons, including petrol bombs.
He said, “We have about eleven dead. Yesterday some were buried around midnight. We buried eleven yesterday.”
Iwar also said the police was carrying out investigation to ascertain the cause of the incident.
“It is unfortunate. As we can see the level of destruction is very high, some people were killed and properties were destroyed. This is not what we wish for our state, Kaduna,” he said.
“Let me say that we will not leave any stone unturned investigating the remote and the immediate causes of this problem. We will talk to the stakeholders here and try to find out what is the problem and through civil problem-solving approach and conflict resolution, we will deal with that.
“We will also look at the criminal aspect of it. So far we have arrested eighteen people that we suspect were involved in the crisis.
“We are working round the clock to ensure that we get to the root of the matter. We have recovered a number of dangerous items, including petrol bombs.”
