Amnesty International has condemned a midnight attack on Naridon Village in Kamaru Ward, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, in which at least 30 people were killed. The rights group described it as one of the deadliest assaults on communities in southern Kaduna in recent years.
According to Amnesty, heavily armed gunmen invaded the village late Monday night. They opened fire on residents and chased those who fled into nearby bushes, where many were reportedly killed.
In a statement released Monday, Amnesty said dozens of people remain missing, while the death toll may rise as more bodies are recovered from homes and farmlands around the community.
The organisation said it obtained disturbing evidence from the scene, including photographs allegedly showing entire families killed inside their houses.
“Gory images obtained by Amnesty International show entire families locked up and slaughtered inside their bedrooms. Children had their throats slit and their heads left with massive cuts. There was blood on beds, in kitchens and on the trails of those bleeding while trying to escape,” the group stated.
Amnesty called the attack “perhaps one of the deadliest” on southern Kaduna villages, noting that some communities in the area have been targeted more than five times in recent years.
The killings come despite repeated pledges by President Bola Tinubu that security agencies have been ordered to end attacks on rural communities.
Amnesty said the incident exposes the government’s failure to protect citizens despite those assurances.
“President Bola Tinubu claims he has repeatedly tasked security agencies to end the killings so that rural communities can go to bed with their eyes closed, but clearly nothing has changed,” the organisation said.
It added that continued attacks reflect authorities’ inability to secure vulnerable communities and bring perpetrators to justice.
“The spate of these killings is evidence of the failure of authorities to protect the people. The inability of authorities to bring attackers to justice is fueling impunity,” Amnesty International stated.