Three police officers killed at abuja checkpoint

Three police officershave been killedat a checkpoint in Arab Road junction, Kubwa, Abuja.
Although the exact time of the incident has not been ascertained, it was believedthat the police officers wereattacked at the middle of the night or wee hours of Friday morning.
From the blood stains at the scene ofthe crime, it can be deducted that two of the cops were gunned down at the checkpoint, while the third was killedinside a container.
Their bodies were discovered very early on Friday morning and taken to an undisclosed location.
Plain-clothed detectiveswere seen at the crime scene on Friday morning before sealing up the container where one of the bodies was discovered.
One of those at the sceneof the incident, Abdullahi said, “I rushed here when I learnt of the incident, to seetheir bodies being evacuated by other policemen. This Arab road is known as a crime zone in this Kubwa. Thieves used to snatch people’s bags and okadas but police presence changed a lot of things, I just can’t believe that they met such a misfortune.”