Suspect abandoned 96 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition of AK47 and N780,000 and fled to escape arrest at a police checkpoint on Dutsinma-Safana road.
“The team had a fierce gun duel with the hoodlums and overpowered them,” the police said.
“On kidnapping issues, some women were actually kidnapped. But they are not up to 46,” the police officer said.
One of the nursing mothers was however spared with her baby by the captors due to the ill health of her baby, the report said.
“We are still conducting headcount of the community members, and from what we have so far, there are concerns that more people may have lost their lives following the incident.”
Authorities said they succeeded in dislodging the bandits and rescued all the kidnapped victims and 12 rustled cows.
