Troops have neutralised activities of some bandits in Zamfara, in an operation to rid the state of criminal elements.
The troops also captured one of the bandits alive.
Two soldiers and two members of the vigilante were however killed in the encounter with the bandits.
The military operations to clear bandits’ enclaves in Zamfara and Katsina States which began on January. 20 would continue till June.
(NAN)