Three gunmen alleged to be bandits were killed by residents of Magamar Jibia border community, Katsina State on Sunday.
Residents said the gunmen had stormed the community on vehicles and motorcycles around 11 pm on Sunday and invaded the house of one of the residents.
The victim reportedly raised alarm prompting the residents who were mainly youths to mobilize and confronted the bandits.
It was learned that the youths overpowered the gunmen who then made a retreat to the nearby forest where they came from.
The youths reportedly killed three of the bandits while the rest escaped to the forest.
A community leader who pleaded for anonymity said, “The youths killed three of the bandits. They burnt two of the bandits to ashes while the corpse of the third bandit was removed by the police this morning (Monday).