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POLICE in Zamfara have confirmed the killing of five of its officers and two soldiers by terrorists in the state www.AfriqueCAN.com
The State Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Shehu Dalinja, said that the bandits ambushed the security operatives along Gusau-Funtua road in Tsafe Local Government Area.
“Five police officers and two soldiers were killed while repelling the bandits’ attack on the highway on Thursday,” he said.
According to the state police boss,
Dalinja added that the terrorists planned to attack a construction company working along the highway.
The Police Commissioner explained that joint security forces of the police and the soldiers mobilized to the scene, stressing that the bandits had laid an ambush and opened fire on them.
“The aim of the bandits was to penetrate into the premises of Setraco Construction Company to kidnap some staff of Setraco Company. When we got the information, we immediately deployed our operatives to the scene, not knowing that they had laid an ambush on the road.
“On their way, they met heavy resistance from the bandits. They opened fire, exchanged gunfire, and in the process, we lost some army personnel and police personnel in the battle.”
