Police in Nigeria’s Sokoto State reported three deaths in an attack on Yartsakuwa on Sunday, Nov. 15, while a survivor said four people died and the number abducted remained unknown.
The PUNCH said it received the police account in a WhatsApp exchange with spokesperson Ahmed Rufai. He told the outlet that residents had been taken and livestock stolen, but gave no totals.
Survivor Najeeb Yartsakuwa put the death toll at four in a Facebook post reported by Blueprint and Trust Radio, identifying the dead as three men and one woman. He said his sister and four sisters-in-law were among the women taken, along with others; the community had not established how many people were abducted.
Premium Times reported that abduction estimates for a Sept. 7 attack on Tofa, another community in Rabah, ranged from 35 to about 40; police had not issued final figures at the time.
New Telegraph separately reported that three people were wounded and that a security team led by Rabah’s divisional police officer was pursuing the attackers.
