At least two people were killed in a bomb explosion in Imo State on Tuesday.
The spokesman for the state police command, Henry Okoye, confirmed the accident to journalists in Owerri.
He added that several others were injured in the accident which occurred in the state capital.
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Okoye said: “It was an IED that exploded. The Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, has deployed Anti-Bomb operatives to the scene.
“Two persons who incidentally were the hoodlums were killed in the process of setting up an IED and in the process, it exploded in the area.”
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