Armed hoodlums attacked a police roadblock in Imo State and gunned down two policemen.
The unknown killers, dressed as military men, instantly opened fire on the four cops who were at the location for routine security patrol.
The incident happened at the Ahiara junction in Ahiazu-Mbaise local government area of the State on Monday.
The two officers killed were a divisional police officer (DPO) of the LGA and an inspector. A stray bullet reportedly killed a bystander.
“On arrival, the gunmen opened fire at the direction of the policemen and killed two on the spot,” a source informed the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN.
“A stray bullet also hit a young man and he died on the spot. This is very unfortunate.”
Henry Okoye, police spokesperson in Imo, said a police team was dispatched to the scene to repel the attack.
The reinforcement team, he said, “gave the hoodlums a hot chase, which forced them to flee with various degrees of gunshot injuries, abandoning some of their operational motorcycles.”
Eighteen suspects are in police custody in respect to the attack, Okoye added.
