Suspected separatist gunmen have killed a soldier and a policeman in two attacks in Nigeria’s restive southeast, officials said, in a region where agitation for a breakaway state has been on the rise. Southeast Nigeria has seen a surge in violence, with more than 130 police and other security personnel killed by gunmen this year, according to a local media tallies. Gunmen attacked the police station in Imo State on Tuesday, killing one officer. The gunmen burned down the divisional police headquarters at Arondizuogu in Ideato council of Imo State, killing a policeman,” state police spokesman Michael Abattam told AFP on Wednesday. Some local residents accused the army of torching buildings in response to the killing of one of their troops.

Source: The Guardian November 24, 2021 13:44 UTC