Four killed as gunmen attack US embassy staff convoy in Nigeria | Crime News

by Press Room


A convoy of United States embassy staff has come under fire in southeast Nigeria, an attack that killed two employees and two police officers.

Gunmen also kidnapped three individuals – two other police officers and a driver – during the attack on Tuesday near the town of Atani in Nigeria’s Anambra State.

A rescue and recovery effort remains under way, according to a police spokesperson in Anambra, Ikenga Tochukwu.

“The hoodlums murdered two of the Police Mobile Force operatives and two staff of the Consulate, and set their bodies ablaze and their vehicles,” Ikenga said, noting…



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