*Stray bullet kills civilian passer-by
Gunmen, on Monday, attacked a police checkpoint and killed two officers in Imo State.
One other person was killed when the hoodlums opened fire on the police officers at Ahiara Junction in Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of the State.
Spokesman for the State Police Command, Henry Okoye, who confirmed the incident to journalists, said the Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, has ordered the operatives to fish out those behind the attack.
He said the Commander 34 Artillery Brigade, and Joint Task Force (JTF) operatives are combing the scene of the crime for evidence that could lead to the arrest of the attackers.
Several police officers and other security operatives in the South-East have been killed in targeted attacks by criminals in the last two years.