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Crime & Punishment of Monday, 24 May 2021

Source: punchng.com

Two policemen killed in Zamfara, AK-47 rifles stolen

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Bandits have killed two policemen in Magami town of Gusau Local Government Area in Zamfara State and took away their two AK-47 rifles.

An indigene of the area, Malam Almu Usman, said the policemen were on duty at the Magami police station around 8 pm on Saturday when the bandits sneaked into the station and began to shoot.

Usman said, “Two policemen were shot dead during the attack, while other policemen escaped with various degrees of injuries.”

Speaking to The PUNCH, the spokesman of the command, Mohammed Shehu, said, “The policemen lost their lives in operation while repelling attack on Magami community by suspected bandits who came in large number to attack the innocent people of the area.

“The Commissioner of Police has deployed Tactical units of the Police to the area to complement the operational capacity of the police currently combing the bush in search of the perpetrators. He stressed that normalcy had been restored to the area."