How Gunmen Kidnapped German Professor, Colleague In Kaduna

Unknown gunmen, on Wednesday, kidnapped a German professor of archaeology, Peter Breunij, and his colleague, Johannes Buringer in Kagarko Local Government Area, Kaduna State, northern Nigeria.

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The Spokesman for the Kaduna State Police Command, Aliyu Usman, who confirmed the incident, said that the two German nationals have been working with the Nok Archealogical Centre in Kargarko Local Government Area of Kaduna state for the past 10 years, where they have been conducting research on Nok Terracota and Artifacts.

An eyewitness who is said to be part of the team working with the Germans, narrating the incident, said that the gunmen left two ladies who were with the victims during the time of their abduction.

It was learnt that the gunmen also killed a local hunter who attempted to resist them from abducting the foreigners.

“They started coming one by one, the first two came with machetes, then others came with heavy guns.

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“There were many people at the site who were working at the time, so they ordered us to lay face down and started shooting into the air in order to scare people.

“It was at that point that they asked the professor and his associate to follow them and they led them to the other side of the road.

“They made them to cross the road to the other side from where we were and began to lead them further into the bush,” the eyewitness said.

The witness said after the abductors left with the victims, members of the community regrouped to chase them, but they opened fire on them once the assailants found that they were being followed.

He said: “One of us who is a hunter suggested that we go after them, but only one of us agreed and the two of them crossed the road, chasing the gunmen

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“When the kidnappers realised that the two men were following them, they turned and opened fire, killing the hunter and the other man.”

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