{"id":83938,"date":"2021-07-22T08:34:23","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T07:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=83938"},"modified":"2021-07-23T06:56:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T05:56:25","slug":"breaking-six-cops-feared-killed-as-hoodlums-attack-police-checkpoint-in-enugu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/breaking-six-cops-feared-killed-as-hoodlums-attack-police-checkpoint-in-enugu\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Six cops feared killed as hoodlums attack police checkpoint in Enugu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"I_52qC D_FY W_6D6F\" data-test-id=\"message-view-body\">\n<div class=\"msg-body P_wpofO mq_AS\" data-test-id=\"message-view-body-content\">\n<div class=\"jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5\">\n<div id=\"yiv1338012475\">\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">About six policemen were on Wednesday night allegedly killed by gunmen at a police checkpoint along Obeagu Uno-Amodu \u2013 Umueze Amechi road, in the Enugu South Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that the hoodlums attacked the checkpoint located at Obeagu Uno shortly after Inyaba Bridge around 7:30 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Sources in the community told newsmen that the hoodlums who came from Agbani axis of the road had first encounter with policemen at 4 Corner and in Amagunze in Nkanu East Council headquarters before coming to attack the checkpoint at Enugu South.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although details of the attack were still sketchy, one of the sources revealed that the hoodlums killed about six policemen at the checkpoint, burnt their Hilux van and took away their AK-47 rifles.<\/p>\n<p>One of the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said, \u201cIt was around 7 pm we started hearing gunshots along the road. The shooting lasted about 30 minutes. But after the shooting, the hoodlums appeared to have overpowered the policemen as they succeeded in setting their vehicle on fire.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI can\u2019t say how many policemen were killed but the policemen at the checkpoint were six. What I can tell you is that up to six people were killed in the incident. 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