Armed robber stabs policeman during operation in Ebonyi

 

A policeman simply identified as Harrison was on Tuesday stabbed by a suspected armed robber during a robbery operation in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state capital.
Men of the state Police command acting on a tip-off, laid ambush on the robbers who had burgled a phone shop, C-Net communications link Ltd, at about 7pm along Gunning Road in the state capital, during which they were engaged in a shooting spree.
In the process, the policeman was stabbed and two of the robbery suspects were shot.

     The state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP George Okafor, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Wednesday. He said the robbery occurred around 7pm.
He said, “The Command received a distress call that the robbers were robbing the phone shop, and quickly dispatched its men to intercept the bandits.
“When our men arrived at the scene, there was a gun battle.

“One of the robbers engaged an officer identified as Harrison and stabbed him repeatedly in various parts of his body and even attempted to take his riffle.
“But our men were up to the task and responded and in the process the assailant and one of his colleagues were shot

    “The two injured robbers and the police officer were rushed to the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki, FETHA11.
“One of the suspects died on the way while the policeman stabbed is responding to treatment,” the PPRO added.