The Police in Kaduna have confirmed the killing of 22 persons following attack by a notorious gang on Dogon-Dawa village in Kaduna State, North-Central Nigeria. The state Commissioner of Police Olufemi Adenaike who confirmed the incident, disclosed that gunmen suspected to be armed bandits attacked their victims who were returning from the mosque after early morning prayers. He added that at Kuyello area of the state, Police arrested four persons suspected to be members of a notorious gang terrorising the area and took them down to Dogon-Dawa village for questioning, a development that sparked off the gang’s killing spree. Adenaike explained further that following the arrest, some unidentified armed gang in Kuyello village mobilised in their large numbers and stormed the Dogon-Dawa village at early hours of Sunday in a bid to rescue the four persons arrested. He said that the gang attacked innocent members of the village and killed 22 persons, while they rescued two out of the four members of the gang. The police boss added that police and other security agencies have aunched manhunt for the suspected armed gangs and that investigation on the incident has commenced.