Police kills three suspected bandits, rescues hostages in Kaduna

Police operatives in Katsina on Friday killed three suspected bandits and rescued all the kidnapped persons in the state.

The spokesman for the state police command, Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, said the victims were abducted at Duya village, Sabuwa local government area of the state.

He said: “On June 7, 2024, information was received at the Sabuwa Divisional Police Headquarters that armed bandits in their numbers, wielding dangerous weapons, attacked Duya village and kidnapped several women.