Police Kill 2 Terrorists, Rescue Businessman In Katsina

The Katsina State Police Command on Thursday said its anti-kidnapping squad killed two terrorists while intercepting a notorious gang of kidnappers on the command’s wanted list.

A businessman was also rescued by the operatives during the operation.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Isah Gambo who disclosed this in a statement issued to journalists on Thursday, did not reveal the name of the affected businessman.

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He, however, explained that nemesis caught up with the suspects while on their way to kidnap the undisclosed businessman.

Items recovered during a search of the scene include two AK47 rifles and the corpse of one Samaila Shehu, a notorious suspected terrorist from Tsaunin Kura village in Malumfashi LGA of the state.

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Samaila Shehu was said to have been arrested in the year 2020 for his involvement in the attack at GSS Malumfashi Staff Quarters and was charged to court way back.

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