{"id":75164,"date":"2025-09-08T13:59:33","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T13:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=75164"},"modified":"2025-09-08T13:59:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T13:59:33","slug":"army-rescues-23-women-children-in-katsina-terrorist-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/09\/08\/army-rescues-23-women-children-in-katsina-terrorist-raid\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Rescues 23 Women, Children in Katsina Terrorist Raid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Troops of the Nigerian Army under Operation Fasin Yamma have killed 23 terrorists and rescued 23 kidnapped victims during a raid on a hideout in Pauwa village, Kankara LGA of Katsina State.<\/p>\n<p>A military source said the Saturday operation, supported by air and artillery fire, also destroyed motorcycles, spare parts, lubricants, farm machinery, and foodstuffs recovered from the terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>The rescued victims comprised 12 women and 11 children.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate encounter, troops of Forward Operating Base Malumfashi rescued three more kidnap victims in Shaiskawa village, Matazu LGA, Katsina State, following a firefight with terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, four family members of ISWAP\/JAS terrorists: two women and two children surrendered to troops of 192 Battalion in Gwoza LGA, Borno State. In Kukawa LGA, Borno, troops arrested a suspected logistics supplier with a phone, wristwatch, and \u20a655,000 cash. In Adamawa, five suspects linked to theft and drug peddling were nabbed during a raid on Muva village.<\/p>\n<p>Under Operation MESA, three phone snatchers were arrested in the FCT\u2019s Dei-Dei, Dakwa, and Zuba areas, with four phones and a smartwatch recovered.<\/p>\n<p>Troops of Operation Safe Haven in Plateau State also mediated a farmer-herder clash in Jos East LGA, preventing escalation.<\/p>\n<p>The military source stressed that troops will sustain pressure on terrorists and criminal networks until peace is restored nationwide, urging citizens to provide credible intelligence to aid operations.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in late 2024, Operation Fasin Yamma (\u201cSalvage the West\u201d) targets banditry and terrorism across the Northwest, consolidating previous efforts like Operations Hadarin Daji and Whirl Punch into a joint theatre for improved coordination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata &nbsp; Troops of the Nigerian Army under Operation Fasin Yamma have killed 23 terrorists and rescued 23 kidnapped victims during a raid on a hideout in Pauwa village, Kankara LGA of Katsina State. A military source said the Saturday operation, supported by air and artillery fire, also destroyed motorcycles, spare parts, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":75165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75166,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75164\/revisions\/75166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}