Gunmen have killed four police operatives in Imo State, South-east Nigeria.
The incident is believed to have occurred at about 6:30 p.m. on Monday along Owerri-Onitsha Road in Owerri, the state capital.
A shop owner in the area, Tony Onwumelu, told PREMIUM TIMES Monday night that the hoodlums attacked the operatives at their checkpoint in the area.
“Yes. The gunmen attacked the policemen at their checkpoint close to Blossom Hotel and killed four of them,” Mr Onwumelu said.
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“They also shot at passers-by, but only one lady who used to do POS at the junction died at the spot. She was shot at close range,” he stated.
Another witness, who asked not to be named, said the attackers must have been enforcers of the illegal sit-at-home order, given their style of operation.
“Aside from the police people they killed, they were just shooting at people indiscriminately as if they wanted people to go home,” he said.
He lamented that the area had become a hotbed of gunmen attacks lately.
Source: Premium Times
