Kaduna Community Attack: Residents Report More Than 30 Killed in Naridon Village

Residents and community leaders in Naridon Village, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, reported that more than 30 people were killed in an overnight attack by armed men.

According to local accounts, attackers entered the community late at night, opened fire and set houses on fire. Residents said women, children and elderly people were among the dead, while others were injured.

What Local Sources Said

Community sources said eight children were among those killed. Survivors also described people fleeing into nearby bushes while homes burned.

Residents said at least four injured people were taken to medical facilities.

Status of Casualty Confirmation

At the time of publication, the death toll and injury figures were based on resident and community-source accounts reviewed for this report.

A full official casualty breakdown had not yet been publicly released in the sources available at the time, so all casualty figures should be treated as preliminary pending further official updates.

Security Context

Community leaders called for stronger security deployment in vulnerable rural communities after the attack.

No group had claimed responsibility at publication time. In public reporting, repeated attacks across parts of northwestern Nigeria are often linked to heavily armed criminal gangs commonly called bandits.