No fewer than 19 worshipers have been abducted by a gang of terrorists in the Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina State, IgbereTV reports
An eyewitness said that the hoodlums stormed a mosque located at Maigamji community on Saturday night at about 7:40 pm, whisking away 19 of the worshipers.
The victims were abducted while observing the Muslims’ evening prayers otherwise called “Ishsha’i” when the terrorists invaded the area.
According to the eyewitness, name withheld, the terrorists upon their arrival, shot and wounded the leader of the prayers along with one other worshipper before taking them into the bush.
A combined team of the Police and vigilante initiated a rescue search after the incident and rescued two of the victims while the other four were rescued early Sunday.
The police authorities also confirmed the incident. The police spokesman in Katsina State, SP Gambo Isah, said six out of the nineteen victims kidnapped were rescued
