{"id":4588,"date":"2026-10-30T23:15:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/three-suspected-terrorists-killed-in-kaduna-kano\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T23:15:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:15:55","slug":"three-suspected-terrorists-killed-in-kaduna-kano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/three-suspected-terrorists-killed-in-kaduna-kano\/","title":{"rendered":"Three suspected terrorists killed in Kaduna, Kano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Fansan Yamma, have killed three suspected terrorists and recovered an AK-47 rifle, ammunition and a motorcycle during an encounter in Kaduna State, while also recovering 28 cows and 13 sheep from suspected cattle rustlers in Kano State.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>The operations, conducted on October 29 and 30, were carried out in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State and the Shanono Local Government Area of Kano State.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>The Acting Media Information Officer for the Joint Task Force, Captain Tamuno Sinivie, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Sinivie said troops of Sector 1 came under attack by armed terrorists on October 29 while conducting a fighting patrol along the Shadow\u2013Old Kuyello Road in Birnin Gwari.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He said the troops responded with superior firepower, repelled the attack and pursued the fleeing assailants.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSubsequent pursuit and exploitation of the area led to the neutralisation of three terrorists and the recovery of one AK-47 rifle, one AK-47 magazine, three rounds of ammunition and one motorcycle,\u201d he said.<\/em> <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>The military spokesman added that no casualties were recorded among the troops during the encounter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In a separate operation on October 30, troops recovered 28 cows and 13 sheep from suspected cattle rustlers in Shanono town, Shanono Local Government Area, Kano State.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>According to him, the suspected rustlers abandoned the animals and fled upon sighting the advancing troops during a routine patrol.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>He said efforts were ongoing to hand over the recovered livestock to the appropriate authorities.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Sinivie reaffirmed the task force\u2019s commitment to sustaining operations against terrorists and other criminal elements across the North-West.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>He urged members of the public to support security agencies by providing timely and credible information to assist ongoing operations and restore lasting peace and security in the region.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Fansan Yamma, have killed three suspected terrorists and recovered an AK-47 rifle, ammunition and a motorcycle during an encounter in Kaduna State, while&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}