Following ongoing police and military operations in Ihiala and its environs, security operatives responding to a distress call of an attack on Ihiala Local Government Headquarters have, in the early hours of yesterday , neutralized one of the attackers and recovered two locally made Improvised Explosive Devise, IED, launcher.
Seven other undetonated IEDs, forty pieces of live cartridges, fifteen live seven point six two millimeters Ak47 ammunition, knives, charms, and other dangerous weapons were also recovered from the attackers.
A statement by the Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, explained that the attackers had already murdered three vigilante operatives on duty, beheaded one and set five buildings ablaze with IED and petrol bombs.
The statement further explained that the joint security operatives prevented the attackers from causing further damage by engaging them in gun battle, with some of the attackers escaping with bullet wounds.
Bodies of the victims of the attack were recovered and joint security operations are still ongoing, according to the PPRO, who assured that further development shall be communicated to the public.
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