Police Confirm Deadly Assault On Checkpoint In Enugu, Many Officers Killed

• A source said he identified four policemen, one pastor and a neighborhood watch officer among the casualties…

The Enugu State Police Command have confirmed a deadly attack on its officers at a checkpoint in Obeagu-Amechi Community in Enugu South Local Government Area.

The community is one of the outskirts in the Enugu metropolitan area.

Bodies of at least four policemen were seen after the attack, with some passersby, including a pastor also said to have fallen victim of the deadly incident.

A police patrol van was set ablaze by the gunmen during the attack.

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Spokesman of the Police in the State, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, who confirmed the incident, said “Information surrounding the shooting incidents in the evening hours of today, 21/07/2021, where Police Operatives were allegedly attacked by yet-to-be-identified gunmen at checkpoints in Obeagu-Amechi in Enugu South LGA and Amagunze in Nkanu East LGA are still sketchy.”

He said that preliminary investigations have commenced assuring that further development will be communicated.

Sources explained that the attack which started at about 5:30pm on Wednesday at a busy spot around Mmiri Ocha Amodu lasted till 7pm.

A source said he identified four policemen, one pastor and a neighborhood watch officer among the casualties who were taken to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku – Ozalla mortuary.

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