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Bauchi: Robbers attack bank, injure cop, 3 others

Posted by ndy on June 10, 2011 at 7:13pm
A policeman and three civilians were yesterday wounded when armed robbers attacked the First Bank branch in Misau town of Bauchi State. Bauchi State Police Command Police Public Relations Officer ASP Mohammed Barau who confirmed the attack said: “I am waiting for details of the incident from the Divisional Police Officer of Misau.” 4ShareA senior official of the Local Government who witnessed the incident, said: “The armed robbers stormed First Bank and fired shots randomly at the security personnel attached to the two banks – the other bank opposite First Bank is Union Bank, injuring a policeman and three civilians.The council official who would not give his names said when a unit of Mobile Policemen deployed to the area during the last general elections heard the gunshots they chased the robbers and fired, but the armed robbers fled. He said before they left, they snatched the car of the bank manager, which was later found in Beti, a border town between Bauchi, Kano and Jigawa states.Official said they took the injured policeman and three other people to the Misau General Hospital and the doctors removed the bullets.
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