Operatives of the Katsina State Police Command repelled an attack in Fuloti and Karfi villages, Malumfashi Local Government Area of the State on Thursday.
The terrorists attacked the villages armed with sophisticated weapons, including AK 47 rifles, kidnapping women, and rustling domestic animals.
They were on their way into Kankara LGA when the DPO Kankara and a team of Policemen blocked them at a spot near Zurunkutun, crossing the Kankara – Sheme road.
The team engaged the terrorists into a fierce gun duel and neutralized one of them, rescued four female victims and their babies, recovered one AK 47 rifle, 82 cows, and 70 sheep, the State Police Spokesperson, SP Gambo Isah, said in a statement.
In a similar development, on Tuesday, the DPO Kankara led a team of Policemen to Kankara – Zango Road, based on the report that terrorists had blocked the road and were extorting citizens of their belongings.
The team succeeded in dislodging the hoodlums by engaging them in a fierce gun duel. One terrorist was killed, and one operational motorcycle was recovered.
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