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Gunmen strike another Anambra church, kills police
Barely a week after the Ozubulu church shooting, gunmen on Sunday struck at the Assemblies of God Church on the Oguta road Onitsha, Anambra State killing one policeman and a civilian.
Last Sunday, precisely seven days ago, gunmen attacked St Philips Catholic Church, Ozubulu and killed no fewer than 13 persons and injured 27.
An eyewitness said that the gunmen stopped at the Assemblies of God Church, but on sighting some policemen at the church, opened fire on them. The police reportedly returned fire, but when the gunmen’s firing became too intense, the policemen abandoned their patrol vehicle and ran away for safety.
An eyewitness said the gunmen moved to their patrol van and took a gun belonging to the policeman they killed.
They also shot dead an Okada man while escaping, and the passenger he was carrying was injured. The policeman was the one armed among his colleagues; they were providing security while church service was going on at Assemblies of God Church, Oguta road Onitsha.
The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr Garba Umar confirmed the incident. He said it was not an attack on the church, adding “My men were on patrol near the church when they were attacked by some gunmen. It was not an attack on the church, in the real sense of it.”
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