Nigeria: Three Policemen Killed in Shoot-Out With 12-Man Robbery Gang

24 February 2011

There was blood bath yesterday along the Lagos/Ibadan expressway, following a fierce shoot-out between a 12-man robbery gang and a Police patrol team, resulting in the death of three policemen.

A Police Constable said to have also been shot by the dare-devil robbers, escaped death by the whiskers, as he was said to be responding to treatment.

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