Crime
Police foil kidnap operation, rescue 5 victims in Katsina
The Police Command in Katsina State on Monday disclosed the rescue of five kidnapped victims in Kurfi Local Government Area, foiling a kidnap operation by bandits.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Katsina, SP Gambo Isah, in a statement indicated that the victims were kidnapped at Unguwar-Rinji village in Rawayau ward. He said that the incident occurred on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022, at about 2.00a.m.
According to the PPRO, “The police received a distress call that terrorists in their numbers, shooting sporadically with AK47 rifles, attacked the community and kidnapped one Alhaji Ali and four others.
“The DPO, Kurfi, led a tactical team and blocked their exist route. Fortunately, the terrorists followed through the expected route.
“The terrorists were engaged in a fierce gun duel and were successfully repelled.
“The kidnappers fled into the bush and abandoned their victims.
“In the course of scanning the scene, it was reasonably believed that, many terrorists escaped the scene with gunshot wounds.”
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