Police kill two terrorists, rescue woman, baby in Katsina

Men of the police in Katsina State, Thursday saved a woman and her 15-month-old baby after killing two out of the seven terrorists who abducted them from Tsamiyar Gamzako village in Kafur Local Government Area of the state.

HaMa Sanusi 30, and her 15-month-old daughter, Aisha Sanusi, were saved after a joint team of Police and vigilante groups involved the terrorist’s in a gun battle after being signaled by members of the community who saw the bandits while trying to escape from the affected community.

The spokesperson of the police in the state, SP Gambo Isah revealed this while parading the remains of the bandits at the state force headquarter on Thursday.

Gambo said the team successfully overpowered the bandits and recovered the following items from them: one AK 47 rifle with four (4) rounds of 7.62mm ammunition and two locally fabricated pistols with six (6) rounds.

Five of the bandits absconded as security search still continued at the affected area, purposely to arrest the fleeing terrorists.

The Commissioner of Police, Katsina State Command, CP Idrisu Dabban Dauda, psc +, fdc, commended and appreciated the operation of the police and vigilante in resisting the terrorists. He gave an assurance to members of the public that the police will continue to deal accordingly with terrorists until they are all prosecuted.

SP Gambo while addressing the press said:

“Today 21/04/2022, at about 0400hrs, a distress call was received that terrorists in their numbers, armed with AK 47 rifles, attacked Tsamiyar Gamzako village, Kafur LGA and kidnapped one HaMa Sanusi, ‘M’, aged 30yrs and her little daughter, Aisha Sanusi, ‘f’, age 15 months. Consequently, a combine team of Police and vigilante group were alerted. The team blocked and engaged the hoodlums into a fierce gun duel.

“The team successfully repelled the terrorists and neutralized two of them. In the course of scanning the scene, one AK 47 rifle with four (4) rounds of 7.62mm ammunition and two locally fabricated pistols with six (6) rounds were recovered. Some of the terrorists escaped and fled the scene as search parties are still combing the area with a view of arresting the fleeing terrorists.

Source: The Informant247 Naija News