Some unidentified gunmen, Wednesday killed two policemen and abducted two Lebanese nationals in Bayelsa State.
The expatriates were whisked away from the riverside town of Onuegbum, in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state.
The identities of the slain policemen attached to a construction firm, Pache, dredging sand in the area, could not be ascertained at the moment but eyewitness said the victims include a Sergeant and a Corporal.
However, the Lebanese were identified as Sarki Abi Chmouli and Ibrahim Abi Pherem.
According to eyewitnesses, the heavily armed men, numbering eight, invaded the company, a few metres away from the community, about 12.30pm through the waterways in two speedboats.
The gunmen were said to have repeatedly shot sporadically into the air to whittle down any possible resistance.
It was learnt that during the encounter, the policemen were shot by the invading gunmen, who also succeeded in kidnapping the two Lebanese.
The gunmen were said to have escaped through the waterways.
Confirming the incident, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Asinim Butswat, said the corpse of the slain policemen had been deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre for autopsy.
Butswat said, “We have alerted the marine component of the Police, the Joint Task Force and the Navy”.
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