The police said its operatives killed two terrorists and arms smugglers on the wanted list in Katsina.

This is contained in a statement by the police spokesman in Katsina, Abubakar Aliyu, on Thursday.

“On May 29, at about 0300hrs, terrorists/bandits in their numbers, armed with AK47 rifles, attacked the residence of one Yahaya Usman of Tani village, Bindawa local government area of the state,” the police statement said. “They inflicted a deep knife cut to his head in an attempt to kidnap him.”

The police said the Katsina command’s operatives attached to the Bindawa divisional headquarters led by the DPO “engaged the suspected terrorists in a fierce gun duel and successfully foiled the kidnap attempt and rescued the victim.”

The police said two corpses of the suspected terrorists were recovered, and one AK47 rifle with five rounds of 7.62mm was seized.

“During the course of investigation, the corpses were later identified to be those of Sani Kokaya and Ummara, all of Kaita local government area of the state. They are notorious terrorists/bandits and arms smugglers who have been on the command’s wanted list,” the statement added. 

(NAN)