Page 20 - Gunmen Attack News Today

Punch Newspapers Sections  Gunmen have killed two policemen attached to ‘Operation Delta Safe’ on Ugbolu/Illah Road, in the Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. The assailants, who injured several other officers, reportedly carted away two service rifles. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident happened around 8pm on Saturday at a failed portion of the Ugbolu/Illah Road near the Lake Town Hotel. A source said the hoodlums were armed robbers. The source, a commercial driver ...

UN convoy in Afghanistan attacked, 5 security force members killed Reuters/Kabul Reuters Interior ministry believes insurgent Taleban behind attack. Unknown gunmen attacked a United Nations convoy on the outskirts of Afghanistan’s capital on Thursday, killing five Afghan security force members who were escorting the international agency’s vehicles, the UN and officials said. The attack took place near Kabul, according to an Afghan interior ministry official, adding they believed the insurge...

Punch Newspapers Sections Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri The police in Imo have launched a manhunt for gunmen, who killed the younger brother of the Accountant-General the state, Valentine Obiezu. It was gathered that the victim, simply identified as Obiezu, was a millionaire and senior oil worker in Warri, Delta State, and that his killing on Sunday had caused panic in Imo State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the victim came home for the Christmas and New Year celebration and met his untimely death in hi...