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Two Officers Gunned Down In Imo

Unidentified gunmen, on Tuesday, shot and killed two policemen in Imo State.

It was gathered that the gunmen ran into a team of policemen who were on duty at Akabo, Ikeduru Local Government Area of the state, and opened fire on them.

A source in the community said the incident happened a few minutes past 6 a.m. He stated that a civilian was also shot in the process, but didn’t die immediately.

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“The policemen were on checkpoint when the gunmen attacked them. Two laid dead and another man was also shot.

“It happened few minutes past 6 AM”, the source said.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye, was yet to respond to an inquiry at the time of filing this report.

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