Gunmen shoot Syrian businessman, kidnap son in Kano
Suspected kidnapper killed a Syrian businessman, Ahmed Areeda, and also kidnapped his 14-year old son, Muhammad, in Kano State on Tuesday.
The gunmen reportedly struck at 8:05pm Tuesday night.
They waylaid the deceased as he was going to pick his car alongside his two sons at the Kano office of Nigerian Red Cross along Hospital Road.
It was gathered that the deceased was shot dead by the assailants while resisting the abduction of his son.
Spokesperson for the Kano State Police Command, Magaji Musa Majia, who confirmed the incident to newsmen said that police had commenced investigation into the case.
“It was a case of suspected kidnappers who came to kidnap a boy, and in the process they killed the father,” Majia said.
Majia said no arrest has been made so far in connection with the incident and the whereabouts of the kidnappers was still unknown.
