5 soldiers killed and 11 others injured as terrorists attack military camp in Katsina

A member of a vigilante group, Aliyu Tukur, was additionally killed within the assault.

 The memo said: “Terrorist assault on navy camp inflicting grievous harm and loss of life of navy personnel.

 “On receipt of the data, Supol Faskari, proceeded to the scene along with his crew and engaged the bandits on a gun battle as reinforcement (of) Air Parts have been additionally referred to as upon and responded promptly.

“The battle lasted for over two hours after intervention from the Air Drive; sadly 5 troopers and one vigilante by identify Aliyu Tukur, 30 years (previous), of the identical tackle, misplaced their lives.

“Eleven troopers sustained totally different levels of gunshot accidents, all of the injured have been rushed to hospital by the navy, all of the corpses have been additionally eliminated.

“The assault led to the withdrawal of all of the remaining navy personnel from the village to a close-by camp 25 kilometres away located at Ali Kere village as a result of heavy casualty recorded.