TERRIBLE: Still searching for more bodies; As Gunmen kill 69 in Katsina

At least 69 people have been killed in simultenous  attacks  on four  villages in Katsina State.

Witnesses said the attackers, believed to be Fulani herdsmen, rode motorcycles into the  villages – Mararaban Maigoro, Goran Mota and Ungwan Rimi – in broad daylight on Wednesday and killed whoever they found.

A lawmaker  from the state, Abdullahi  Machika,  told both the Agence France Presse and the British Broadcasting Corporation that 47 of the victims were murdered and buried in Mararraban Maigoro.

Machika added that seven were buried in  Goran Mota, seven in Ungwan Rimi and eight  in Maigoro.

Machika    said,  “As I speak,  we are still searching for dead bodies in the bushes. The attackers were  not thieves but   killers. They did not steal anything; they came to  kill  people. The  people, who looked like Fulani herdsmen   killed 69 villagers and burnt scores of houses between Tuesday and Wednesday.

“This (Thursday) morning, we picked dead bodies in Faskari forest.  In  Mararaban Maigoro, we buried 47 people. In Goran Mota, we buried seven people and  in  Ungwan Rimi,  we buried seven people. And in Maigoro, we buried eight people.  Like I told you,  we are still searching for more bodies.