Cattle rustlers at­tacked Angwar Umadi Village in Shiroro Local Gov­ernment Area of Niger State and killed a 19 year old Senior Second­ary School (SSS11) stu­dent who was shot at a closed range.

The boy was said to have come out to ease himself and unknown to him, the bandits have invaded the village; he was shot and died on the spot while 15 others sustained various degree of injuries.

The 15 injured per­sons were running away for their life when the attacker fired gunshot sporadically which hit and injured some of the villagers and others received machete cut ac­cording to eye witness.

The wounded are currently receiving treatment at a nearby dispensary in Erena town within the same local government area.

An eye witness who does not want his name on print for fear of be­ing attacked disclosed that over 40 cattle rustlers arrived the village at about 12am on Sunday and woke the village up with gun fire.

He said about 212 cattle and a number of sheep were taken away, including seven new brand motorcycles.

Source: Breaking Times