Barely 24 hours after the Eid-El-kabir celebration, a middle
age man whose name is yet to be known engaged in an indiscriminate
slaughtering of human beings in the form of a ram leaving two persons
dead and other Four in a critical condition at the Saint Gerard Catholic
Hospital in Kaduna.
The incident took place at the
popular Kano Road by Adejah Street at about 4pm yesterday as people were
going about their normal activities still in the euphoria of the Sallah
celebration when the said man appeared from no where and slaughtered
two persons and inflicted severe injuries on fourvothers before he was
over-powered.
When contacted, the Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) DSP Aminu Lawan confirmed the incident.
According
to him, “We have arrested the man, and he is cooling his heels in our
custody. But we cannot ascertain whether he is a mad man or not. So far
we have recovered some exhibits, and our men have swung into action as
investigation is ongoing.
I can also confirm that a 4-year old
girl was killed by the man. Our men have taken over the scene of the
incident to avoid break down of law and order”.
One of the
victims, 12 year old Rabiu Yusuf Musa, narrated his ordeal to Leadership
Sunday at the Saint Gerard Catholic Hospital where he was receiving
treatment. He said, “I started running when I saw people running, but
before I knew what was happening I saw a deep cut on my hand and part of
my head from a knife a man was holding. I became unconscious and was
rushed to the hospital here by some people who I don’t know.”
Another
elderly man, Alhaji Yusuf Falalu, 53, who was also a victim of the act
said, “I was walking around Kano Road, near the Central Market, when
suddenly I saw a man putting knife to my neck and drew it heavily, and
blood started flowing down my body.
I was confused; I did not know what to do. He continued to draw the knife against my neck, with more blood flowing down my body.
I
saw the man, but he rushed to hide himself behind a parked vehicle
shortly after I became unconscious, he was all alone, and he continued
to attack anybody he saw. He was carrying two sharp knives in his hand.
He is not a small boy; he is of the middle age bracket.”
Explaining
further, Falalu said, “As he was struggling to cut more people in the
neck, people started running in different directions. But some people
gathered courage and pursued him. They followed him across the major
road, that is, Ahmadu Bello Way. How they ended with him, I don’t know
again because I was in the pool of my blood.”
Another eyewitness,
Ashimu Yusuf, who rushed to the scene of the incident, told our
correspondent that, “I saw my father in the pool of his blood with
serious blood gushing out of his neck. There are other five people that
were attacked. A man entered the Central Market by Kano Road and started
cutting people in the neck.
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