The Police Command in Niger has confirmed an attack by suspected bandits on workers of Sino-Hydro Power Dam in Zungeru, Wushishi Local Government Area of the state.

This is contained in a statement by DSP Wasiu Abiodun, Public Relations Officer of the command in Minna.

He said the workers comprised some Chinese workers and local staff who were working on a transmission line tower along with Gussase village.

Abiodun said the police tactical team attached to the facility engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel and rescued four of the expatriates.

He said that one of the victims and a local staff sustained a bullet injury and had been taken to hospital for treatment.

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“In the process of scampering for safety during the gun duel, three among the expatriates could not be accounted for presently,” he said.

He said that a joint police and military tactical teams at Zungeru were already on an aggressive manhunt of the hoodlums to rescue the missing and abducted expatriates.