OLAIDE OYELUDEAbout eight bandits and two villagers were killed after attacks on Zamfarawa village in the Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. According to residents, the bandits stormed the village early Thursday morning during which they killed Shafi’i Suleiman, 65, and Yakubu Idris,70; both residents of the village. Consequently, the team responded and instantly killed one of the hoodlums while others escaped into the forest with bullet wounds. The team succeeded and recovered 30 cows stolen from the village by the bandits. “Subsequently, on 7/08/2020 search parties led by the DPO and members of the community led by the village head of Zamfarawa recovered additional seven more corpses of the bandits at Barankada village, Batsari LGA of Katsina State.

Source: Punch August 08, 2020 23:03 UTC