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Tension in Calabar as policeman runs amok, shoots 3 dead, injures others

Summary by Daily Post Nigeria
Authorities of the Cross River State Police Command have made frantic moves to pacify the Calabar community after a policeman, described as mentally deranged, shot and killed three persons and injured several others. The police authorities said the incident happened before 6:00 am on Sunday morning at the Atakpa divisional police headquarters Calabar, adjacent to the popular Watt market. There was pandemonium and fear as people scampered for saf…

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One feared dead as policeman opens fire in Calabar, injures two

Tragedy struck in Calabar, Cross River State on Sunday when a police inspector, whose identity remains undisclosed, opened fire near Atakpa Police Station along Watt Market Road, killing one person and injuring two others. Eyewitnesses recounted that the inspector had just returned from duty but refused to surrender his rifle, exhibiting erratic behaviour. As fellow

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Tension in Calabar as policeman runs amok, shoots 3 dead, injures others

Authorities of the Cross River State Police Command have made frantic moves to pacify the Calabar community after a policeman, described as mentally deranged, shot and killed three persons and injured several others. The police authorities said the incident happened before 6:00 am on Sunday morning at the Atakpa divisional police headquarters Calabar, adjacent to the popular Watt market. There was pandemonium and fear as people scampered for saf…

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Tragedy as Police Inspector opens fire, kills one, injures 2 others in Calabar, reason surface

A police inspector was Sunday, March 23, 2025, arrested for killing one person and injuring two others after opening fire in Calabar, Cross River state capital.

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Policeman goes ‘berserk’, shoots 3 in Cross River — National Accord Newspaper %

A police Inspector, Effiong Bassey, suspected to have gone berserk, has shot three persons in Calabar, the Cross The post Policeman goes ‘berserk’, shoots 3 in Cross River appeared first on National Accord Newspaper.

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Police Inspector goes berserk, kills one, injures two others in Calabar

Tribune Online Police Inspector goes berserk, kills one, injures two others in Calabar An officer from the Cross River Police Command, Inspector Effiong Bassey, shot and killed one civilian and seriously injured several others on Sunday morning after returning from a night shift. According to sources cited by the Tribune Online, Inspector Bassey refused to surrender the AK-47 rifle assigned to him and blocked the station’s gate, preventing […] P…

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Policeman goes berserk, kills officer’s wife, injures two others

He blocked the gate of the station and refused everyone exit and entry into the facility. All efforts to disarm him through peaceful dialogue

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