The police command in Anambra says gunmen have burnt its station in Umunze, Orumba South Local Government Area, killing two officers.

SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the police public relations officer in the state, announced this in a statement issued in Awka on Monday.

He said that the gunmen attacked the police facility with improvised explosives, shooting sporadically, which caused a fire to burn part of the station.

He said further that during the attack, two police operatives on duty were killed when they attempted to resist the gunmen.

Mr Ikenga stated that the bodies of the deceased policemen had been recovered and taken to the morgue.

He also noted that joint security forces, including the police, army and navy, among others, had recovered five unexploded improvised explosives.

Mr Ikenga noted that the Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Nnaghe Itam, had visited the scene for assessment.

He said that Itam called on anyone with information that could assist in the investigation to come forward, assuring them that such information would be treated confidential.

(NAN)