Some suspected bandits have attacked Doma community in Tafoki Ward in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State in northern Nigeria, killing about 20 persons in broad daylight on Tuesday.
Reports from the area said that the bandits invaded the community in the afternoon and left after 4p.m after the killings.
Local Eye media report said that some eyewitnesses, who preferred anonymity said that the bandits also set ablaze a number of houses in the area.
They said that the bandits carried out the havoc despite the peace deal reached between the bandits and the local community.
The Chairman of the area, Alhaji Surajo Aliyu-Daudawa, confirmed the incident and described it as a reprisal attack.
Daudawa said that the attack was the most devastating in the last five months and that the corpses had been evacuated and their funeral rites would be conducted in Tafoki town on Wednesday.
The Police Command in the state said that 13 people were killed by the assailants during the attack.
The Police spokesperson, Aliyu Abubakar, said in a statement on Tuesday that On Feb. 3, 2026, at about 1400 hours, a distress call was received at Faskari Division that some suspected bandits, armed with dangerous weapons and shooting sporadically, attacked Doma village, in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State.
“Upon receipt of the report, quickly, the DPO mobilised operatives, in collaboration with the military, and members of the Katsina State Community Watch Corps (KSCWC) moved to the scene.
“Unfortunately, the assailants have fatally shot 13 persons and escaped the scene before the arrival of the security operatives,” the police said.
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