MORE THAN 100,000 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BY THE LATEST ESCALATION IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, UNICEF SAID ON SUNDAY, WARNING THE NUMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE AS VIOLENCE SPREADS.(PHOTO).

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 More than 100,000 children have been displaced by the latest escalation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UNICEF said on Sunday, warning the numbers are expected to rise as violence spreads. Since Dec. 1, intense fighting has uprooted more than 500,000 people, with children accounting for over 100,000 of those displaced in South Kivu alone, the UN agency said in a statement released Sunday. It said since Dec. 2, hundreds have been killed in the fighting, and children have been among the victims, with four students killed, six injured, and at least seven schools attacked or damaged. The rapid escalation has forced hundreds of thousands of children and families to flee within Congo and into neighboring Burundi and Rwanda, it added. Many people fleeing the violence have crossed into Burundi, with over 50,000 new arrivals reported between Dec. 6 and 11, nearly half of them children, UNICEF said, adding that the numbers are expected to rise as more displaced are identified. “Chi...

POLICE IN ANAMBRA STATE, GUNNED DOWN TWO ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECTS FOLLOWING A GUN BATTLE.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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        ANAMBRA STATE POLICE COMMAND DIARY:
ANOTHER BREAKTHROUGH RECORDED BY THE ANAMBRA STATE COMMAND AS POLICE OPERATIVES GUNNED DOWN TWO ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECTS FOLLOWING A GUN BATTLE.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.
-Recovers Arms/ ammunition and the snatched Jeep.
Today 13/1/2020 at about 1:15pm,Police operatives attached to the Command Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) responded to a distress call and stormed the hideout of a robbery gang who allegedly attacked one Chiegulem Chidera 'm' at Agouye Umuko Awka and snatched his Nissan Xtera jeep with Reg number Cross River GGJ 402 AA at gunpoint.
Suspects were trailed at Nkwo Agulu and on sighting the Police opened fire after which the police responded promptly. As a result,the two suspects one Onyebuchi Ngala 'm' aka Ceaser and Izuchukwu Okoro 'm' were fatally wounded during the gun encounter.They were taken to the hospital for treatment but confirmed dead on arrival by the medical doctor.
Exhibits recovered from the suspects include the snatched Xtera jeep, one Ak 47 rifle, one pump action gun, six life cartridges, four expended ammunition, five life ammunition of 7.62mm and two Ak47 magazines.
It would be recalled that the deceased suspects were also among the gang responsible for the Abduction of one Engr Emeka Chiaghana 'm' of Nibo on 25/10/2019.
Meanwhile, case is still under investigation and effort is ongoing to locate the whereabout of the abducted victim please.
SP Haruna Mohammed PPRO Anambra State Police Command,
For-Commissioner of Police Anambra State Command.
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