Armed Bandits Ambush Nigerian Soldiers In Katsina State, Kill One

 

Acting Director, Defense Media Operations, Brigadier-General Benerd Onyeuko, showed the incident in a declaration on Sunday. 

A Nigerian soldier has been killed in an ambush by suspected bandits in Katsina State leaving others wounded.

According to SaharaReporters, troops beneath ‘’Operation Sahel Sanity’’ have been responding to a distress name approximately bandits’ sports at Diskuru Village in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State whilst the armed militants opened fireplace on them.

Acting Director, Defense Media Operations, Brigadier-General Benerd Onyeuko, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday.

Onyeuko said 3 bandits were killed even as others fled into the bush.

He in addition explained that the troops endured to dominate the village and adjoining environment to deny the bandits any respite, mentioning that alas one soldier paid the supreme charge in an try to save one of the rescued nursing mothers within the heat of the stumble upon.

Onyeuko stated, “The incident became recorded as the marauding bandits stormed the village on numerous bikes, taking pictures sporadically with the purpose to scare the locals and loot valuables. On arrival, the troops engaged the criminals in a fierce hearth combat forcing them to withdraw in disarray.

“Resulting from the come across, three bandits have been neutralized by using the troops as several others were believed to have escaped with diverse levels of gunshot wounds.

“During the exploitation segment,  extra bandits’ bodies have been located along their withdrawal path. Also inside the aftermath of the come upon, 3 girls and their toddlers earlier kidnapped with the aid of the bandits have been rescued from the criminals.”