Armed forces in Zamfara kill four bandits

In Zamfara State’s Maradun Local Government Area, four bandits were killed by Operation Hadarin Daji soldiers on Friday.

A trustworthy source told Sunday PUNCH that this was true, adding that the troops stationed at the Forward Operation Base in Faru village were informed by the bandits that Bagabuzu village was about to be attacked.

The brave troops responded quickly to the information and mobilized to the area, where they engaged the armed bandits in a gunfight and prevented them from entering the villages, the speaker continued. The encounter resulted in the neutralization of four bandits while others fled with gunshot wounds. The troops also found one FN rifle, 123 rounds of specialized ammunition, and one general purpose machine gun while repelling the attack.

According to him, in a recently organized operation, the troops cleared bandit camps at the villages of Mutuwa, Guda Tudu, Kawar, Dantayawa, Gidan Kare, Mahuta, and Gyado in the states of Zamfara and Sokoto, respectively.
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