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Seven policemen on election duty were ambushed and shot dead late Friday near Karu town in Nigeria's central Nassarawa State, national police spokesman Haz Iwendi told AFP on Saturday.
LAGOS (AFP) - Seven policemen on election duty were ambushed and shot dead late Friday near Karu town in Nigeria's central Nassarawa State, national police spokesman Haz Iwendi told AFP on Saturday.
"The seven policemen were coming from Lafia (the state capital). They ran into an ambush near Karu town and they were shot dead by unknown assailants," Iwendi said in a telephone interview.