Bandits Kill Two Security Operatives Killed, Military Vehicles Burnt By Bandits In Zamfara

Days after terrorists oprations, bandits have again attacked Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe local government area of Zamfara State.

According ti reports, two operational vehicles of the military were burnt while two members of the state security outfit, Community Protection Guards (CPG), in the area were burnt.

According to a resident, Malam Usman Tsafe, the the bandits had besieged the town wielding sophisticated weapons, adding that the bandits divided themselves into three different groups with the first group attempting to attack Zamfara State College of Health Science and Technology located in the area, Leadership reports.

The source further revealed that the other groups went straight into the town, shooting sporadically into the air for them to get easy passage to kidnap residents and the students of the State College of Health Science and Technology located in the town.

_____,“During the gun duel, two CPG operatives lost their lives and two operational vehicles belonging to the military and Zamfara CPG were also set ablaze by tye bandits,” he stated.

____He added that the quick response by a joint team of military, Police and CPG thwarted the bandits’ attack and forced them to retreat back to the forest with gunshot wounds.