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Gunmen kill three police in restive southeast Nigeria

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. Police say suspected separatists in southeast Nigeria have killed three policemen and wounded two others. FILE PHOTO | MOHAMMED MOMOH | NMG

By  AFP

Suspected separatists in southeast Nigeria have killed three policemen and wounded two others, police on Friday.

Gunmen on Thursday stormed a police checkpoint in Enugu, the capital of Enugu state, a senior police officer told AFP.

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