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Gunmen kill four UNICEF officials in Anambra
Gunmen on Tuesday killed four officials of the United Nations International Children Fund (UNICEF) in Anambra State.
Eyewitnesses told journalists the hoodlums ambushed the victims’ vehicle with a UNICEF inscription at Amiyi/Eke Ochuche community in the Ogbaru local government area of the state and shot four of them dead.
Other officials of the agency escaped from the scene with gunshot wounds.
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The spokesman for the state police command, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident.
He said the state’s Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng, has deployed a police team to the area to restore calm.
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