The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the killing ofseven persons and five others injured in Maro village, a border communitybetween Kajuru and Kachia Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Spokesman Mohammed Jalige who gave theconfirmation in a statement in Kaduna, said the attack occurred Wednesdayevening. The attackers entered the village market in a vehicle andstarted shooting sporadically and in the process shot some people. According to him, both the dead and injured victims wereevacuated by the police to Kachia general hospital. Jalige said normalcy had since been restored in the areawhile investigation and manhunt of the fleeing bandits was ongoing. He assuredthat perpetrators of the barbaric act would be caught and made to face justice. Inanother development, the Katina state Police Command has paraded sixsuspects arrested for alleged kidnapping, armed robbery, theft andcattle rustling. Thecommand’s Spokesman, Gambo Isah who made this known while parading thesuspects, said the police received a complaint from Aliyu that somebody calledhim that he should give 5 million naira or else Aliyu will be kidnapped or anymember of his family.