According to reports, two people died on Wednesday as a result of police officials' efforts to free some kidnap victims in Katsina State.
According to sources, the villagers perished after security personnel thwarted a terrorist attempt at the Gidan Baushe community of Gatakawa village in the Kankara Local Government Area.
The Katsina State command allegedly got a distress call from a group of terrorists on motorcycles at around noon on Wednesday, stating that they were firing AK-47 rifles intermittently inside the neighbourhood.
Following the report's receipt, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Kankara Division dispatched tactical units to the scene where they engaged the armed men in a bloody gunfight that resulted in the terrorists fleeing.
Sadly, two villagers were killed and one other injured by the terrorists.
Police spokesman, SP Gambo Isah in a statement issued on Thursday, noted that many terrorists were neutralized and some escaped the scene with various gunshot wounds.
He explained that, in the course of scanning the scene, five (5) operational motorcycles and two (2) cows were recovered, even as he stated that investigations are still ongoing.