No fewer than three policemen have been reportedly killed by unknown gunmen in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital.
It was learnt that the officers were killed on Wednesday night while on a ‘stop and search’ operation along Onuebonyi/Nwezenyi Road.
EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the gunmen ambushed the policemen and carted away their rifles.
A source disclosed that the assailants operated with a bus with which they escaped the scene, adding that the bodies of the policemen have been deposited at the hospital’s mortuary.
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The incident is the latest in what appears to be a growing trend of attacks against security personnel in the South-East region of the country.
Recall that last Monday, unknown gunmen attacked the Police Headquarters and the Correctional Centre in Owerri, setting 38 vehicles ablaze and freeing 1,844 inmates.
Police stations have also come under attack in the South-East, with many officers killed.
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