Armed Men Attack Policemen, Snatch Rifles

Policemen at Egbu in Owerri and Owerre Nkworji in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State have been respectively attacked by suspected armed robbers.

While the robbers attacked the policemen at Nkwerre on Monday, a sergeant got macheted cuts and his service rifle was snatched.

According to reports, the armed robbers set ablaze the operational vehicles of the policemen.

Also, the sergeant who was rushed to hospital in Orlu with multiple machete cuts died on Tuesday.

The source said, “Hoodlums suspected to be robbers on Monday attacked policemen at Owerre Nkworji. The Siena vehicle the policemen were in was set ablaze. One of the police officers was given several machete cuts. He was rushed to a hospital at Orlu. He died on Tuesday.”

Similarly, hoodlums on Tuesday attacked policemen at Egbu in Owerri, the state capital.

Eyewitnesses said that the hoodlums, who laid siege, snatched a service rifle from one of the officers and equally gave one of the officers machete cuts.

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