Police repel bandit attack in Katsina, rescue six
The Katsina Tell Police Represent has confirmed the apt rescue of six kidnapped farmers following a foiled banditry attack at Kwari Manaja Woodland in Sabuwa Local Authorities Rental.
Police sources said the incident came about on June 21 at about 5:41 p.m. when armed males suspected to be bandits attacked farmers working on their respective farmlands.
The sources said that upon receiving the grief file, the DPO hasty mobilised police tactical teams and led a convoy of Armoured Personnel Service (APC) patrol vehicles to the scene.
The police operatives engaged the hoodlums in a fierce gun wrestle, forcing them to hover and abandon their captives.
On memoir of the operation, the next victims had been rescued unhurt: Ayuba, 51; Mubarak, 23; Garba, 25; Ibrahim, 21; Bala, 28; and Nura, 25 — all males from Tashar Nadaya Village.
The police sources hinted to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency media knowledgeable, that no casualties had been recorded amongst the rescued victims, and efforts are ongoing to trace down and apprehend the fleeing suspects.
Relatedly, a deadly clash erupted in parts of Kajuru Local Authorities Rental of Kaduna Tell following a serious cattle rustling incident that left now not lower than three persons feared silly and several other others injured.
Zagazola Makama learnt that the incident started in the early hours of Saturday, June 21, when suspected rustlers stormed Gwaraje village in Igabi Local Authorities Rental and stole about 200 cattle. The armed community reportedly moved the animals by neighbouring Kadanya and Anguwan Mairijya villages.
Whereas escaping with the stolen cattle, the attackers allegedly shot and fatally wounded a 35-365 days-feeble woman, identified as Rahila Danzaria of Kadanya village.
Tensions escalated further when youths from Anguwan Mairijya, it appears reacting to the venture or acting on suspicion, intercepted two males — Musa Husaini and Muntari Tajo — from Gwaraje village, who had been said to be trailing the rustlers. The two had been severely beaten and left unconscious.
Neighborhood sources published that attempts to mediate or make details from residents in the affected villages proved refined, as most locals had been unwilling to keep up a correspondence out.
Police sources said they personal since invited the village heads of Anguwan Mairijya and Kadanya — Sarkin Anguwan Samaila Gado and Sarkin Kadanya Obi Mairuwa — for questioning. They're for the time being in custody to support investigation.
Preliminary interrogation resulted in the identification of one Samaila Danzaria of Anguwan Mairijya as a suspected key perpetrator. He is for the time being at sizable.
Efforts are ongoing to arrest the fleeing suspects, enhance the rustled cattle, and detect the our bodies of any victims who would possibly maybe maybe maybe even personal died from the attacks.
In a single other sing, armed bandits personal launched a deadly evening attack on a vigilante camp in Adabka Village, Bukkuyum Local Authorities Rental of Zamfara Tell, killing one member of the Neighborhood Security Guard (CPG) and injuring seven others.
Sources gathered that the attack came about at about 10:07 p.m. on Saturday, June 21, when a sizable assortment of armed males stormed the camp and opened fire on members of the local security community.
Local sources said the assailants caught the camp off guard, leading to a brief but intense replace of gunfire. One member of the CPG became as soon as reportedly shot silly on the region, while seven others sustained serious injuries.
The injured had been rushed to a shut-by medical facility for pressing medication, while the body of the deceased became as soon as evacuated for burial after an post-mortem became as soon as performed.
In the aftermath of the incident, security forces and neighborhood guards/vigilante teams launched joint patrols across the dwelling to deter further attacks and reassure residents.
