Suspected terrorists threw Shimfida community in Katsina State into confusion when they bombed an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) of the Nigerian Army escorting residents to Jibia town to buy food stuff and other essential items.
Two soldiers lost their lives in the attack while four others sustained various degree of injuries.
This is coming barely two days after the State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari procured 10 additional armoured personnel carriers to aid the fight against bandits in the state.
Danlami Isiyaku, a resident of Shimfida community who spoke to Vanguard said the explosive device planted on the road along Shimfida-Gurbi road damaged the only armored vehicle stationed at Shimfida Community to protect residents from the hoodlums terrorising the community.
Vanguard gathered that while two of the soldiers died on the spot, the whereabout of their team leader, identified as Lieutenant Musa is still unknown.
According to the source,
“The military armoured personnel carrier conveying seven officers was escorting residents of Shimfida community in two trucks to Jibia town to buy some food items and other needed items.
