A nine-year-old boy is alleged to have set fire to his family home in Yobe State, Nigeria, killing two stepmothers and two sisters, according to reports. Other accounts add that two younger brothers were also killed in the incident.
The child is said to have carried out the attack after being beaten or punished by family members. Local police in Yobe have taken the boy into custody as investigations begin. Outlets largely describe the same location and core circumstances—an alleged act of arson within the family home in Rugan Badal, Karasuwa Local Government Area—while differing slightly on which siblings died.
