{"id":102974,"date":"2023-02-05T18:15:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T17:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=102974"},"modified":"2023-02-05T18:15:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T17:15:22","slug":"gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen kill 41 in Katsina forest ambush"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">THE police in Katsina State yesterday confirmed the killing of\u00a0 41 persons by gunmen during an ambush\u00a0 at Yargoje forest in Bakori Local Government Area of the State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe incident occurred on Wednesday, police\u00a0 spokesman Gambo Isah said .<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nIsah said the gunmen had invaded the home of one Alhaji Muntari in Kandarawa, Bakori LGA, and stole 80 animals.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nMembers of a proscribed vigilance group, Yan Sakai, were said to have gone after the bandits with a view to retrieving the animals.<\/p>\n<p>Unknown to the vigilance men, the bandits had laid an ambush and opened fire as soon as the pursuers got within their sight.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nIsah said: &#8220;On Wednesday, 1\/02\/2023 at about 2200hrs, terrorists in their numbers, shooting sporadically with AK 47 rifles, attacked the house of one Alhaji Muntari, at Unguwar Audu Gare, Kandarawa, Bakori LGA, and rustled fifty (50) cows and thirty (30) sheep,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSubsequently, on Thursday, 2\/02\/2023, at about 10:00hrs, Yansakai outlawed group, from eleven (11) villages from Bakori LGA, regrouped and went after the terrorists with a view to recover the rustled domestic animals.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThey traced the footpath of the hoodlums to a location at Yargoje forest. Unfortunately, the terrorists planned and launched a coordinated ambush on the Yansakai.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The police spokesperson said two persons in the Yansakai group sustained injuries and were taken to the Kankara General Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hoodlums shot and killed forty-one (41) Yansakai and wounded two (2). Area commander, Malumfashi, led a team of policemen to the scene and recovered the corpses and injured to Kankara General, Hospital,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE police in Katsina State yesterday confirmed the killing of\u00a0 41 persons by gunmen during an ambush\u00a0 at Yargoje forest in Bakori Local Government Area of the State. The incident&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gunmen kill 41 in Katsina forest ambush - Pointblank News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gunmen kill 41 in Katsina forest ambush - Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"THE police in Katsina State yesterday confirmed the killing of\u00a0 41 persons by gunmen during an ambush\u00a0 at Yargoje forest in Bakori Local Government Area of the State. The incident&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pointblank News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-05T17:15:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/gunmen.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"718\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Our Reporter\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"headline\":\"Gunmen kill 41 in Katsina forest ambush\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-05T17:15:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/\"},\"wordCount\":258,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/gunmen.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Other News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/\",\"name\":\"Gunmen kill 41 in Katsina forest ambush - Pointblank News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/gunmen.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-05T17:15:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/gunmen.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/gunmen.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":718},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gunmen kill 41 in Katsina forest ambush\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/\",\"name\":\"Pointblank News\",\"description\":\"Just the news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c\",\"name\":\"Our Reporter\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Our Reporter\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gunmen kill 41 in Katsina forest ambush - Pointblank News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gunmen kill 41 in Katsina forest ambush - Pointblank News","og_description":"THE police in Katsina State yesterday confirmed the killing of\u00a0 41 persons by gunmen during an ambush\u00a0 at Yargoje forest in Bakori Local Government Area of the State. The incident&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/","og_site_name":"Pointblank News","article_published_time":"2023-02-05T17:15:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":718,"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/gunmen.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Our Reporter","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Our Reporter","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/"},"author":{"name":"Our Reporter","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"headline":"Gunmen kill 41 in Katsina forest ambush","datePublished":"2023-02-05T17:15:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/"},"wordCount":258,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/gunmen.jpg","articleSection":["Other News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/","name":"Gunmen kill 41 in Katsina forest ambush - Pointblank News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/gunmen.jpg","datePublished":"2023-02-05T17:15:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/gunmen.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/gunmen.jpg","width":1280,"height":718},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/gunmen-kill-41-in-katsina-forest-ambush\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gunmen kill 41 in Katsina forest ambush"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/","name":"Pointblank News","description":"Just the news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/ba61acbe7e8967bcf3f3ba603d9db23c","name":"Our Reporter","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/83b3820ef93d502ae3a617b2c881ca42?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Our Reporter"},"url":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}