The police command in Katsina state said it resisted a terrorist attack in Tsamiyar Gamzako in the Kafur Local Government region, killing two terrorists and rescuing two casualties.
SP Gambo Isah, the police public relations officer, confirmed on Thursday, April 21, that an AK-47 rifle had been seized, according to People’s Gazette.
“Today, April 21, 2022, a distress call was received that terrorists in their numbers, armed with AK 47 rifles, attacked Tsamiyar Gamzako village, Kafur LGA. The terrorists kidnapped one Hama Sanusi, aged 30, and her 15-month-old daughter, Aisha Sanusi,” stated the police.
“Consequently, a combined team of police and vigilante groups were alerted. The team blocked and engaged the hoodlums into a fierce gun duel, successfully repelled the terrorists, and neutralised two of them,” added the police statement. “The kidnapped victims were rescued alive, unhurt. In the course of scanning the scene, one AK 47 rifle with four rounds of 7.62mm ammunition and two locally-fabricated pistols with six rounds of bullets were recovered.”
The statement disclosed that “some of the terrorists escaped.”
Meanwhile, the state’s police commissioner, Idrisu Dabban-Dauda has reassured residents that the police will continue to deal ruthlessly with refractory terrorists.
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