Crime
Unknown gunmen murder security operatives, incinerate police station
Unknown gunmen have attacked some state security operatives on patrol on old Enugu-Onitsha road in Abagana community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State and killed two of the operatives.
It was gathered that the sad incident happened on Friday, January 3, at about 11:30pm at a checkpoint near AP Filling Station in the area.
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The Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement confirmed the attack, adding that the gunmen also attacked a police station in the community with a petrol bomb, after killing the two vigilante operatives.
He said, “On February 3, 2023 by 11:30 pm, police operatives attached to Abagana Police Station resisted gunmen’s attack on the station and forestall the attackers from gaining entrance to the police facility.”
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