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Gunmen Kill US Embassy Officials and Policemen in Anambra State

Two staff members of the United States Embassy in the state have been shot dead by gunmen.

The victims were on a humanitarian mission on Tuesday night when their vehicle was attacked.

The incident happened in the Amiyi/Eke Ochuche communities in Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state.

Spokesperson for the Anambra Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed that the hoodlums murdered two of the Police Mobile Force operatives, and two staff of the Consulate, and set their bodies ablaze alongside their vehicles.

Ikenga however confirmed that no U.S citizen was in the convoy.


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