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Kastina state police command says bandits met their waterloo on tuesday as they launched a reprisal attack on Tsaskiya Community of Safana Local Government Area of the state.
The police public relations officer ( ppro) Gambo Isah who disclosed this in a press release said the bandits operation was foiled with the collaboration of the military.
“Today being 27/10/2020, at about 04:00hrs, based on credible intelligence, the Command in collaboration with the mliltary, succeeded in repelling coordinated attack by bandits on revenge mission on Tsaskiya Community of Safana LGA of Katsina state”.
He said the 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, ‘M’, aged 30yrs, a lunatic from the village. The hoodlums while on their way out kidnapped three 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”.
The ppro however said Investigation is ongoing.