The operatives of the Imo State Police Command on Saturday afternoon shot dead two suspected armed robbers at a bank in Owerri, the state capital.

Eyewitnesses told our correspondent that the three-man gang had attacked a man who had gone to a branch of Diamond Bank to withdraw an unspecified sum of money, when they encountered policemen attached to the Shell Camp 11 police division, who were on routine patrol in the state capital.

When contacted, the spokesperson for the police in the state, Andrew Enwerem, confirmed the deaths of the two of the robbers, noting that the police had launched a manhunt for the other robber who escaped with injuries.

Enwerem said pistols, cartridges and other incriminating items were recovered from the gang.

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