Unidentified assailants stormed the Umunze Police Station in Anambra State’s Orumba South LGA.
According to several reports and locals in the vicinity, the attackers assaulted the police station early Monday morning, firing multiple shots into the air before forcing their way inside.
According to sources, during the attack, some police officers were shot dead when the assailants caught them off guard, while some areas of the premises were set on fire with improvised explosive devices.
One of the eyewitnesses said, “The masked hoodlums shot severally into the air as they marched towards the gate of the police premises. It happened early this morning and it was the gunshots that woke the neighborhood and sent panic into the area.
“They shot and injured some police officers as they forcefully entered the premises.
The Spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident in a statement, saying the police have launched a manhunt on the fleeing assailants.
Ikenga said, “The Joint Security Forces comprising of the Police, Army, Navy, Civil defense, and other security agencies recovered five unexploded improvised explosives and are on the trail of the arsonists and armed secessionist group members, who in the early hours of today 16/9/2024 attacked the Umunze Police Station.
“The suspected armed proscribe group invaded the police facility with improvised explosives, shooting sporadically and fire caught part of the station.
“Unfortunately, two of the police operatives on duty during the gun battle in a bid to resist the assailants from causing more havoc paid the supreme price. Their bodies have been recovered and taken to the morgue.”
