Police in Katsina State have said that they killed four terrorists during terrorists attack.
The police reportedly raided and burnt down three of their camps within the state.
The police also recovered two operational motorcycles belonging to the terrorists, 131 rustled cows and 55 sheep in the course of the operation.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Katsina Command, SP Gambo Isah, said, “The four terrorists were neutralized when the command received credible intelligence report that terrorists in their numbers, riding on motorbikes, well-armed with AK 47 rifles, attacked Yanmama village in Malumfashi LGA where they rustled animals and were heading back to the forest.
“The DPO Kankara was quickly alerted to block their exit route into the Rugu forest. They engaged the hoodlums in a fierce gun duel, killed three of them in the process and recovered seven cows.”
Same day, the Dutsima Police Area Commander and his team foiled another terrorists attack at Tugu Gari village in Matazu LGA where the hoodlums rustled an unspecified number of domestic animals.
The Dutsima Area Commander and his team blocked the hoodlums at Yantumaki forest, engaged them in a gun duel, neutralised one of them and recovered 32 cows and 23 sheep.
According to him, the police raided and destroyed terrorist hideouts at Yelwa and Hakinbiri, in Danmusa.
The Commissioner of Police, Katsina State, Idrisu Dauda Dabban, urged members of the public to cooperate with security agencies in the ongoing onslaught against terrorism in the state.
