Nigeria, April 12 -- A 25-year-old man was on Thursday lynched by angry residents for allegedly beheading a six-year-old boy, Mohammed Nabiyu, in Kanwa, a village in Madobi Local Government Area of Kano State.

Residents told PREMIUM TIMES that the suspect, identified only as Abdullahi from Katsina State, was a former student of a Tsangaya school (Almajiri school) in Kanwa until he was expelled from the community for alleged bad behaviour.

But Mr Abdullahi sneaked back into the community a few days ago before committing the murder on Thursday, residents said.

The village head of Kanwa, Umar Yusuf, told reporters the suspect lured the boy into a nearby primary school's toilet, beheaded him and threw the head into a soak-away.

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