{"id":3402,"date":"2024-11-18T14:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=3402"},"modified":"2024-11-18T14:50:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T14:50:00","slug":"rampaging-gunmen-attack-police-convoy-kill-two-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/11\/18\/rampaging-gunmen-attack-police-convoy-kill-two-cops\/","title":{"rendered":"Rampaging gunmen attack police convoy, kill two cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3403\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/images-4-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/images-4-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/images-4.jpg 303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Publisher<\/p>\n<p>Kindly share:<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Blood again flowed in Abia State when rampaging gunmen attacked a police convoy in Umuahia South Council Area of Abia State,\u00a0\u00a0killing two policemen.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The incident, which took place in Ubakala, came barely four days after some gunmen also stormed a checkpoint and killed two soldiers in Ekenobizi, Umuopara Umuahia, near the Abia-Imo border.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In the he latest incident, the victims were policemen, who were\u00a0 attached to one of the federal lawmakers in the state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">They were reportedly traveling in a Toyota Corolla at about 9pm on Sunday when their convoy was attacked by the gunmen who disguised as policemen.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Police reports stated that the convoy had mistaken\u00a0 the gunmen for police officers but after identifying themselves as policemen, the gunmen opened fire on them while the officers also returned fire.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Unfortunately, two policemen were killed in the ensuing gun duel while the\u00a0 gunmen reportedly fled the scene, as policemen from nearby Ubakala Division responded with gunfire.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Publisher Kindly share: Blood again flowed in Abia State when rampaging gunmen attacked a police convoy in Umuahia South&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[773],"class_list":["post-3402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","tag-nigerian-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - 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