Unknown gunmen yesterday attacked three Chinese nationals working with a construction firm in Kirim village in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna state, killing one of them and injuring two others.
The town is a border community between Kaduna and Plateau State.
The three Chinese nationals were reportedly supervising an ongoing rail rehabilitation project along the Jos-Kafanchan rail track when they were attacked.
An eyewitness said the other two Chinese workers who sustained serious injuries were rushed to the Kafancham General Hospital, and later taken to an undisclosed hospital in Abuja, the nation’s capital, for treatment.
Although It was not clear why the gunmen attacked the Chinese citizens, some indigenes of the community told Channels Television that the gunmen came from the bush and ambushed the expatriates while they were supervising an ongoing rail rehabilitation project, and in the process killed one of them and injured two others.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Olufemi Adenaike while confirming the attack to Channels Television, said the village where the incident occurred falls under Plateau state.