Some suspected gunmen have killed and injured two policemen during an attack on a police checkpoint at Omata Junction, Nnewi-Oba Road, in the Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
BEYOND AFRICA gathered that the hoodlums invaded the area around 9.20 am on Friday and threw explosive devices at the police operatives at the checkpoint.
But, the reason for the attack was yet to be ascertained at the time of filing this report.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday.
Ikenga added that the state Commissioner of Police, Nnaghe Itam, had ordered an intensive manhunt for the gunmen who perpetrated the act.
