Two persons, including a police officer, were killed on Sunday when gunmen attacked Inyi Police Divisional Headquarters in Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria’s South-east.
The gunmen, numbering about six, were said to have stormed the police facility in two vehicles and opened fire on some police officers, killing one of them and a resident at the spot.
Sources told PREMIUM TIMES that the hoodlums also razed the facility, a one-storey building, after about an hour of shootings.
Some video clips apparently shot after the attack have gone viral on social media.
One of the clips, seen by PREMIUM TIMES, showed the facility in flames.
Residents gathered near the facility, crying and watching the corpses of the victims.
“I witnessed the attack. The gunmen are just youths. They came in two vehicles, shooting sporadically. We were standing by.
“They told us that we are not their problem, but police officers and we should not run. They shot two officers…
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