Katsina State Police Command in collaboration with the mliltary, succeeded in repelling coordinated attack by bandits on revenge mission on Tsaskiya Community of Safana LGA of Katsina state today, based on credible intelligence.

According to the command, bandits numbering over two hundred armed with sofisticated weapons such as General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMG) and AK 47 rifles, shooting sporadically, clandestinely attacked the village through three (3) entry security barricades.

Its Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent of Police, Gambo Isah says in the spur of the moment, the teams engaged the hoodlums into a gun duel and as a result five suspected bandits were killed and many escaped with gun shots wounds.

He says on the other hand, the hoodlums shot and killed one Rabe Bala, ‘M’, aged 30yrs, a lunatic from the village.

In his word, the hoodlums while on their way out kidnapped three women who ran into a nearby bush path for safety.

The image-maker said search parties are still combing the nearby bushes with a view to recover more dead bodies and/or arrest the injured bandits, saying Investigation is ongoing.