Katsina State Police command has killed two suspected terrorists in a gun duel with some hoodlums in the state.
This is contained in a statement issued by the command spokesman Gambo Isah, made available to LEADERSHIP yesterday.
He said on receiving a distress call that terrorists in their numbers were shooting sporadically with AK 47 rifles and attacking Kitibawa village, Dutsinma local government area, where one 55 years old Alhaji Ado Rumawa, was kidnapped, the area commander, Dutsinma, led Police patrol team to engaged the terrorists in a gun duel and repelled the attack and neutralized one of them.
“Many of the terrorists were suspected to have fled the scene with gunshot wounds. Police teams are presently combing the area with a view of arresting the injured hoodlums and/or recovery of their dead bodies. The investigation is ongoing”, he said
Similarly, the command also acted on distress calls about some terrorists, armed with dangerous weapons, blocking Danja – Bakori road, along Unguwan Balarabe junction, robbing unsuspecting members of the public of their belongings.
The DPO Danja division, also led the police patrol team to the area and engaged the hoodlums and successfully repelled the terrorists, which forced them to abandon their heinous mission and fled the scene with various degrees of injuries.
Isah said in the course of scanning the scene, one suspected terrorist was neutralised, while a cutlass, three mobile phones and a stick were recovered at the scene by the police during the search.
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