Armed men suspected to be bandits stormed Unguwar Shola, behind Federal Medical Centre, at the heart of Katsina Metropolis, where they kidnapped a couple and shot dead a vigilante operative, truthlive.net report.
A credible source who pleaded not to be mentioned revealed to truthlive.net correspondent in Katsina that the incident happened on Sunday midnight.
A source said the bandits arrived in the area on bikes and took away a man identified as Yusuf Bashir and his beloved wife.
According to the source, two vigilante operatives tried to repel the bandits but were severely shot at, with one of them dead on the spot while the other sustained bullet injuries.
This is coming a few days after bandits launched an attack in a community behind Army barracks, located at the outskirt of Katsina metropolis.