Katsina Police Thwart Bandit Attacks, Rescue Five Kidnapped Victims

The Katsina State Police Command has successfully thwarted two bandit attacks, rescuing five kidnapped victims and neutralizing two kidnappers.

Police spokesperson ASP Abubakar Sadiq announced these developments in a press statement to Channels Television on Monday.

Sadiq reported that on Sunday, the command received an urgent distress call regarding a bandit attack on Layin Minister Village in the Malumfashi Local Government Area.

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During the attack, five individuals were kidnapped.

The police boss said, “On August 25, 2024, at about 1000 hrs, a distress call was received at the Malumfashi Divisional Police Headquarters about a bandit attack on Layin Minister Village, Malumfashi LGA, kidnapping five (5) people.

“Upon receipt of the report, operatives were quickly mobilised and dispatched to the scene. On noticing the presence of the police, the hoodlums opened fire on the operatives which they responded gallantly.”

He said that all the kidnapped victims were successfully rescued unhurt as the assailants succumbed to the superior firepower of the operatives and fled the scene with various degrees of bullets injuries.

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“Additionally, on the same date, at about 1740 hrs, a distress call was received at Malumfashi Divisional Police Headquarters that some suspected armed bandits riding on twelve (12) motorcycles, wielding dangerous weapons, shooting sporadically, taking advantage of the heavy downpour, attacked Marabar Kankara village, Malumfashi LGA, Katsina State.

“On receipt of the information, DPO Malumfashi swiftly mobilized operatives and responded to the scene.

“The team gallantly engaged the hoodlums in a fierce gun duel and successfully foiled the attack. In the course of scanning the scene, the bodies of two (2) neutralized suspected armed bandits were recovered from the scene.

“Efforts are being intensified to ensure the arrest of the fleeing suspects as the investigation proceeds.”

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