Angry Imo youth set police station ablaze after an officer killed one of them
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Umuoke Obowo police station was, yesterday, set ablaze by the irate youth of the town, following the alleged killing of one Ikenna Ogbunigwe by a policeman.
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Ogbunigwe was confirmed dead at Mercy Hospital in Umuoke, triggering the youth to descend on the police station, carting away firearms and other exhibits at the station and releasing detainees.
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The divisional police officer also narrowly escaped being lynched by the mob. The trigger-happy policeman reportedly opened fire on the deceased during a minor argument at a restaurant