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Fear grip residents as gunmen attack bullion van in Anambra

<p><strong>Gunmen suspected to be robbers on Thursday evening attacked a bullion van in Ufuma&comma; Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to a source&comma; the bullion van was conveying cash to an undisclosed location when the gunmen trailed them to the agrarian community of Ufuma&comma; and opened fire on the truck and security men accompanying it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It happened at about 5 pm today &lpar;Thursday&rpar;&comma; and there was heavy shooting in the area&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;All the residents of the community fled&comma; while security operatives attached to the bullion van battled the armed robbers&period; The police was able to stop them from succeeding&comma;” the source said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; the State Police Command has confirmed the incident&period; Spokesperson of the command&comma; DSP Toochukwu Ikenga said the attack happened at about 4 pm&comma; but the armed men were eventually repelled&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Operatives attached to the bullion van gallantly repelled the attack&period; The incident happens at about 4 pm in Umunebo junction&comma; Ufuma&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;tinubu-makes-important-appointment-ahead-of-2023&sol;">Tinubu Makes Important Appointment Ahead Of 2023<&sol;a><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Commissioner of Police&comma; CP Echeng Echeng has since ordered an immediate manhunt on the attackers&period; The operational vehicles belonging to the armed robbers have been recovered&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said a Lexus jeep&comma; a highlander jeep belonging to the robbers have been recovered&period; Other items recovered are&semi; one empty magazine&comma; defaced bulletproof vest&comma; charms and some incriminating items&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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