Nigeria, April 19 -- At least 23 persons were killed on Wednesday during an attack by terrorists at Anguwar Danko in Kakangi ward of Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The police spokesperson in Kaduna, Mansur Hassan, could not be reached immediately to comment on the attack. But PREMIUM TIMES saw a security report alerting officials about heightened criminal abduction in the area.

The internal memo confirmed the attack at Anguwar Danko at about 6 p.m. on 17 April.

The report indicated that the terrorists abducted an unspecified number of people during the attack.

"The bandits stormed the neighbourhood in large numbers, fired gunshots intermittently, and then dragged their victims away", the security report said.

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