Two policemen and two staff of the US Consulate have reportedly been killed by unknown gunmen, who set their bodies ablaze in Amiyi/Eke Ochuche communities in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State.

The US Embassy staff were on a humanitarian mission, when the gunmen ambushed their convoy and shot four people dead.

Some others were said to have sustained injuries as they escaped from the scene of the tragedy. The incident reportedly occurred around 3.30pm on Tuesday.

Spokesperson, Anambra Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said, the joint security forces had embarked on a rescue/recovery operation in Ogbaru LGA, following an attack on a convoy of staff of US Consulate today May 15, 2023 by 3:30 pm along Atani, Osamale road.

Ikenga said the hoodlums murdered two of the Police Mobile Force operatives, and two staff of the Consulate, and set their bodies ablaze alongside their vehicles.

He added that the arsonist and murderers on sighting the responding joint security forces abducted two police operatives, the driver of the second vehicle and took to their heels, saying that no U S citizen was in the convoy.