Rising Insecurity: How Gunmen Kill Police Inspector, Three Civilians In Aba | #NwokeukwuMascot
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News File Image A police inspector from the Rapid Response Squad and three civilians, including a teenage girl, were killed when gunmen attacked a police patrol team in Aba, Abia State. It was gathered that the gunmen, operating in a Toyota Sienna minibus, opened fire on a police patrol team along Mosque Street by Ngwa Road on Sunday. Confirming the incident in a statement on Sunday evening, the spokesperson for the command, ASP Maureen Chioma Chinaka, said the operatives repelled the attack, killing two of the gunmen while others escaped with bullet wounds. Chinaka said that in the ensuing exchange of gunfire, three civilians were killed by stray bullets from the assailants. The statement read, “Today, July 21, 2024, at about 1128hrs, police operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Aba, Abia State Command, while on patrol along Ngwa Road by Mosque junction, Aba, were attacked by armed men assailants in an ash-colored Sienna vehicle. "The armed men opened fi