Gunmen Attack Abuja Community, Abduct Many Residents

Only days after reports suggested that members of the extremist group, Boko Haram, has infiltrated the Federal
Capital Territory, Abuja, there have been an attack.

Gunmen raided Tunga Maji, a suburb of Abuja, early Thursday, September 10, abducting an unspecified number of residents.

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One resident who narrowly escaped, said at least 20 people were kidnapped after prolonged shooting in the community that lies near Zuba.
The exact number of persons abducted could not be immediately confirmed.

A resident of the area who didn't want his name in the print for security reasons said heavy shooting started in the community at about 12.15a.m. and lasted for more than an hour.

According to him, members of the local vigilante group were overwhelmed.

He said;

“We didn’t sleep throughout the night. It’s this morning that the vigilantes told us about 20 people were abducted.”

The police spokesperson for the federal capital territory, Anjugur Manzah, told newsmen he was still working on a statement on the incident.

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He did not confirm if there were casualties or the number of those kidnapped.