Nigeria: Robbers Attack Commuter Bus, Kill Four in Lagos

21 August 2002

A GANG of suspected armed robbers on Monday morning shot dead, at least, four persons including two policemen and wounded several others when they attacked a commercial bus which the policemen boarded at Town Planning Bus Stop along Ikorodu-Apapa expressway.

The police authority in Lagos however said that the policemen only sustained bullet injuries during the attack and are presently receiving medical treatment in an undisclosed hospital in Lagos.

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