Man Runs Mad In Kaduna- Stabs 2 To Death, Injures 4 Others

Just 24 hours after the Eid-El-kabir celebration, a
middle age man whose name is yet to be known
engaged in an indiscriminate slaughtering of
human beings in the form of a ram leaving two
persons dead and other Four in a critical
condition at the Saint Gerard Catholic Hospital in
Kaduna.
The incident took place at the popular Kano Road
by Adejah Street at about 4pm yesterday as people
were going about their normal activities still in the
euphoria of the Sallah celebration when the said
man appeared from no where and slaughtered two
persons and inflicted severe injuries on four others
before he was over-powered.
When contacted, the Police Public Relation
Officer (PPRO) DSP Aminu Lawan confirmed the
incident.

According to him, “We have arrested the man,
and he is cooling his heels in our custody. But we
cannot ascertain whether he is a mad man or
not. So far we have recovered some exhibits,
and our men have swung into action as
investigation is ongoing.

I can also confirm that a 4-year old girl was killed by
the man. Our men have taken over the scene of the
incident to avoid break down of law and order”.
One of the victims, 12 year old Rabiu Yusuf Musa,
narrated his ordeal to Leadership Sunday at the
Saint Gerard Catholic Hospital where he was
receiving treatment. He said, “I started running
when I saw people running, but before I knew
what was happening I saw a deep cut on my hand
and part of my head from a knife a man was
holding. I became unconscious and was rushed
to the hospital here by some people who I don’t
know.”

Another elderly man, Alhaji Yusuf Falalu, 53, who
was also a victim of the act said, “I was walking
around Kano Road, near the Central Market, when
suddenly I saw a man putting knife to my neck and
drew it heavily, and blood started flowing down my
body.

I was confused; I did not know what to do. He
continued to draw the knife against my neck,
with more blood flowing down my body.
I saw the man, but he rushed to hide himself
behind a parked vehicle shortly after I became
unconscious, he was all alone, and he continued
to attack anybody he saw. He was carrying two
sharp knives in his hand. He is not a small boy;
he is of the middle age bracket.”

Explaining further, Falalu said, “As he was struggling
to cut more people in the neck, people started
running in different directions. But some people
gathered courage and pursued him. They followed
him across the major road, that is, Ahmadu Bello
Way. How they ended with him, I don’t know again
because I was in the pool of my blood.”

Another eyewitness, Ashimu Yusuf, who rushed
to the scene of the incident, told our
correspondent that, “I saw my father in the pool
of his blood with serious blood gushing out of his
neck. There are other five people that were
attacked. A man entered the Central Market by
Kano (Credit:Leadership)