A military airstrike in Katsina State’s Safana Local Government Area’s Zakka ward struck the Yauni hamlet, killing six civilians.
Three other security guards, including two police officers and a member of the state-owned Community Watch Corps (CWC), were slain in a gunfight with bandits earlier, according to Daily Trust.
According to a local who talked to the aforementioned website on condition of anonymity, the incident happened as a result of Saturday’s local government election.

According to reports, the bandits intended to attack Zakka village voters.

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But after learning of their scheme, the security personnel apparently took action to stop it from being carried out, which resulted in a gunfight with the bandits that claimed the lives of a police officer and a CWC agent. A third police officer was wounded and ultimately passed away.
Six family members were killed and one woman was injured when a military fighter plane, which was probably there to provide reinforcement, dropped a bomb at Yauni settlement, south of Zakka, following that incident, according to the source.

Residents of Katsina have previously died as a result of unintentional bombing.

A military fighter plane launched a bomb in Kunkunni hamlet, which is located in the same Safana Local Government Area, in July 2022, killing at least two people.