DISTURBING: GUNMEN KILL EIGHT SOLDIERS, POLICEMEN IN IMO
No fewer than eight security peratives comprising soldiers, policemen and Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps have been killed by unknown gunmen in Imo State.
The incident which happened on Tuesday morning in Umualumaku community, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state has thrown the area into panic.
The joint security taskforce team who were in two security trucks were ambushed and set ablaze by their attackers.
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None of them survived as they were burnt inside their operational vehicles, according to reports.
A security operative who doesnāt want to be mentioned told our correspondent that reinforcement teams had been sent to the scene of the crime with the intent to arrest the suspects and rescue the corpses of the slain security operatives.
A resident in the community who do not want to reveal his identity for security said that he saw the security agents a few minutes before they were set ablaze.
He said that the community had been thrown into confusion, owing to the development.
Our correspondent saw a video clip of the attack as the security agents set ablaze in the two vehicles.
When contacted, the spokesperson for the police in the state, Henry Okoye, confirmed the development but asked for time to get the full details of the horrible incident.
More details, shortly.
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