Gunmen kill three policemen in Anambra community

Gunmen on Friday killed three operatives in Ihiala, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State.

The spokesman for the state police command, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the development in a statement on Saturday in Awka.

He added that police operatives attached to the Ihaila Area Command responded to a distress call along Isheke Road, Ihaila, and recovered three bodies of fatally wounded colleagues at 2:40 p.m. on Friday.

The spokesman revealed that the officers’ patrol vehicle was also set ablaze by the armed men.

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Ikenga said: “The deceased policemen were attached to the Explosives Ordinance Department (EOD), Delta Police Command.

“The trio were on assignment en route to Abia when they were attacked in the Ihiala area of the state.

“Efforts are currently on to track the gunmen.”

More than 50 police operatives had been killed and several facilities destroyed by non-state agents in the South-East since February 2021.

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