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Unknown gunmen on Friday evening killed two police officers and injured another following an attack on their duty post at the well known Opobo Intersection along the Aba-Ikot Ekpene Expressway in Abia State.
It was gathered that the policemen were at the spot for their usual night stop-and-search activity.
However, it was reported that in a few minutes, several police patrol teams arrived in the area as residents fled the road.
An eyewitness account stated that the gunmen, numbering six, came in a Sienna sport utility vehicle.
The shooting caused pandemonium in the area and shop owners along the road and traders closing shops and scampering for safety
Source: SaharaReporters
