According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah who confirmed the incident, told newsmen in Katsina that the gunmen also kidnapped one other person.
He said that the gunmen invaded the town at about 8 p.m on Sunday on motorcycles.
According to him, they began to shoot sporadically, as a result of which, one Ibrahim Usman, 20, was shot dead.
Isah further revealed that the gunmen went straight to the house of Alhaji Tasiu Waliyi, abducted his wife, her one-year-old baby and another person in the house, Abu Abu, and took them into the forest.
The police spokesman said that the Operation Puff Adder, Sharan Daji and Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) teams are presently combing the forest with a view to rescue the victims.
NAN gathered that the gunmen, numbering 10 were wearing masks on their faces when they stormed the area with dangerous weapons.
The gunmen went straight to the house of Waliyi, collected mobile phones of people around the area and asked them to lie down.
The gunmen were also said to have carted away with undisclosed amount of money and other valuables in the house.
