Police operatives in Katsina have foiled kidnap attempts by suspected bandits and rescued eight victims in the state.
The spokesman for the state police command, Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, said in a statement on Monday in Katsina the operatives rescued the victims during the operations in Faskari and Danmusa Local Government Areas of the state.
He said: “On Oct. 7, 2024, at about 11:00 pm, information was received at the Danmusa Divisional Police Headquarters that armed bandits numbering about four, abducted two women at the outskirts of Matarau village via Danmusa LGA.
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“Similarly, on the same date, distress calls were received at the Faskari Divisional Police Headquarters that armed bandits, armed with dangerous weapons, blocked Marabar Bangori – Unguwar Boka along Funtua-Gusau road and kidnapped four persons.
“Also, some suspected armed bandits blocked Unguwar Kafa junction along Yankara – Faskari road, kidnapping another two women along with their children.
“Upon receipt of the reports, instantaneously operatives were dispatched to the scenes, where they engaged the assailants in a gun duel and successfully rescued all the kidnapped victims unhurt as the assailants fled the scenes with various degrees of bullet injuries.”
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