The Police in Kaduna State said two of its officers were killed by suspected bandits in Zonkwa, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area.

Police spokesman DSP Mansir Hassan told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that an investigation was already underway to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident.

NAN also reports that the incident occurred on Friday evening at the Divisional Police Headquarters in Zonkwa, Headquarters of Zangon Kataf LGA.

Sources told NAN that the bandits reportedly stormed the police station in an attempt to free suspected vandals arrested earlier in Kachia Local Government Area.

However, it was later gathered that the suspects were not being held at the station.