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LAGOS, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Daredevil armed robbers on Monday killed two policemen in an operation in northwest Nigeria's Sokoto State, a senior police officer said.
Mohammed Abdulkadir, the state Commissioner of Police, told Xinhua that the policemen were attacked and killed while on duty at a mega station.
The police chief believed that the armed hoodlums had targeted the filling station's sales of Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
"They made a futile attempt to open the safe of the filling station," he said.
"No arrest was made as of now, but we have swung into action to apprehend the fleeing hoodlums and bring them to book," he added. Enditem
