Police kill three bandits, lose two in fresh Birnin-Gwari attack
Meanwhile, Kaduna State Police Command lost two of its men in the cross-fire with the bandits.
“Upon receiving hints, combine teams of PMF Personnel, conventional Police and Vigilante were quickly mobilized to the village to engaged the bandits in fierce gun duel and successfully repelled the attack, but however, “two of our men paid the supreme sacrifice during the intense gun duel with the bandits.
He explained in his statement that a survivor of the attack at Gagumi Kakangi said: “we were sitting in front of the police station and suddenly bandits heavily started shooting. I jumped through the fence to escape. As I was escaping, thick smoke from several locations overshadowed the sky.”Nagwari however added that he learnt from several sources that many people were feared killed, including high profile indigenes of Kakangi who were attending a mass wedding.
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