Boko Haram Militants in Kaduna Kill Policeman, Snatch His Personal Weapon
Unknown
gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram militants struck in Kaduna metropolis
tonight along Western By-Pass Express Way killing a policeman, after
they laid an ambush on scores of police officers as they made their way
to duty posts in the city.
A
police source said the sect members came on motorbikes and lay siege on
the policeman plying the route after River Kaduna Bridge.
The source said the incident happened at Ungwan Muazu, the same area rocked by two bomb explosions last year.
"The
policemen were passing on their way to commercial banks along the
express, when the men appeared on bike shot him several times. They
instantly killed and took his gun away. I saw his body, it was mutilated
and ridden with bullets." stated our police source
The
particular cop, our source added was almost close to his destination of
his duty post for the night at an
Ecobank branch, which was about 300
meters to the bank when the sect struck.A top security officer within the Joint Task Force in the city also confirmed the attack claiming the army was aware of reports indicating presence of the suspected sect members in Kaduna city.
