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Police Rescue Kidnapped Schoolchildren In Katsina
The Katsina State Police Command have rescued eighty-four kidnapped victims, mostly Islamiyya schoolchildren, from bandits in Mahuta village of Dandume Local Government Area.
Eko Hot Blog gathers that the rescue operation followed a distress call received on Saturday at about 10pm that some Islamiyya Students of Hizburrahim Islamiyya, Mahuta village, numbering about eighty, were attacked while on their way back from Maulud occasion celebrated at Unguwan Alkasim village.
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A statement released on Sunday by the State’s Police Spokesman, Gambo Isah, said the students were intercepted by bandits who had already kidnapped 4 persons and rustled 12 cows from Danbaure village in Funtua LGA of the state trying to escape into the forest.
On receipt of the report, he said, the DPO led Operations “Puff Adder,” Sharan Daji and vigilante group to the area and engaged the bandits in a fierce exchange of gunfire.
“Subsequently, the teams succeeded in dislodging the bandits and rescued all the eighty-four (84) kidnapped victims and recovered all the twelve rustled cows. Search parties are still combing the area with a view of arresting the injured bandits and/or recovery of their dead bodies. Investigation is ongoing,” Isah noted.
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