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At least six bandits were killed during a gun battle between security operatives ( the police , the air force, and the army) and bandits, in early hours of Tuesday, around Ummadau and Kwayawa villages in Katsina State .
The security operatives accosted the bandits at the location following distress calls that they ( the bandits) had attacked Lambo village , Wurma ward in Kurfi Local Government Area of the state where they killed two people and kidnapped twenty – three victims .
The bandits, numbering over thirty were also said to have rustled seventy -four domestic animals .
The security operatives were said to have killed six of the bandits and rescued all the kidnapped victims and the rustled animals .
The incident was confirmed by the spokesman for the Katsina Police Command , SP Gambo Isah.
According to his statement on the incident , “On 29 / 12 / 2020 at about 02 : 30 hrs , bandits numbering over thirty ( 30 ) , shooting sporadically with AK 47 rifles , attacked Lambo village , Wurma Ward, Kurfi LGA of Katsina state , killed two persons and kidnapped seventeen ( 17 ) women and six ( 6) children.
“Personnel of the Nigeria Police Force , Nigerian Army, and Nigerian Air Force were alerted and they blocked all their possible escape routes . Consequently , the teams laid siege for the hoodlums between Ummadau to Kwayawa village and engaged them in a fierce gun duel , as a result of which six ( 6 ) bandits were killed , all the twenty – three ( 23 ) kidnapped victims were rescued , twenty – three ( 23 ) Cows, twenty ( 20 ) sheep , and thirty – one ( 31 ) goats recovered , twelve ( 12 ) motorcycles and one G3 rifle recovered . Search parties are still combing the area with a view to arresting more suspected bandits and /or recover their dead bodies.
“Investigation is ongoing .”
Meanwhile , Isah also on Tuesday confirmed that the command had received additional units of mobile police personnel , armoured vehicles , as part of efforts to tackle banditry and other crimes in the state .
Fatimah Oyesanmi
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