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Katsina State Police Command in a press statement by it’s spokeperson SP Gambo Isah stated that on 27 October, 2020, at about 04:00hrs, based on credible intelligence, the Command in collaboration with the military, succeeded in repelling coordinated attack by bandits on revenge mission on Tsaskiya Community of Safana LGA of Katsina state.
“Bandits numbering over two hundred (200) armed with sofisticated weapons such as General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG) and AK 47 rifles, shooting sporadically, clandestinely attacked the village through three (3) entry security barricades”
“In the spur of the moment, the teams engaged the hoodlums into a gun duel and as a result five (5) suspected bandits were killed and many escaped with gun shots wounds”
“On the other hand, the hoodlums shot and killed one Rabe Bala, ‘Male’, aged 30 years old, a lunatic from the village”
The PPRO further stated that the hoodlums while on their way out kidnapped three (3) women who ran into a nearby bush path for safety. Search parties are still combing the nearby bushes with a view to recover more dead bodies and/or arrest the injured bandits and investigation still ongoing.
