The police in Abraka Community Delta State on Monday killed three robbery suspects in a gun battle.
Reports said the robbers had waylaid unsuspecting students of Delta State University in the community when the police, acting on a tip-off, moved onto the scene.
On getting to the scene along Obiaruku Express way, Abraka, the police engaged the robbers in a gun battle,
leaving three members of the six-man gang killed in the process.
Eye witness, Franca Oteh, said that the robbers had dispossessed the victims of their belongings, including female hand bags containing N200,000 at gun point and were almost leaving the scene when the police closed on them.
It was further learnt that three out of the robbers sustained severe injuries before they escaped into the bush.
Confirming the incident, the police image maker in the state, Mrs. Celestina Kalu, said that the robbers on realising that the police were on their trail open fire and left them with no option than to retaliate.
She said that items recovered on the killed suspects include, three cut to size guns, strange substance tied in black and red thread including different native chalks. She added that the police were on the trail of the fleeing robbers.
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