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Two police officers killed as attackers bomb and burn an Aba police station

News card from EXE Index. Headline: Two police officers killed as attackers bomb and burn an Aba police station. Map from Wikimedia Commons (Profoss after Uwe Dedering, CC BY-SA 3.0) showing Abia State highlighted in red in southern Nigeria; Aba lies in the south of the state. Key facts: Oct 17, about 2:26 AM local (9:26 PM ET Oct 16), police say; 2 police officers killed and 3 people injured (Abia police); unidentified gunmen used explosives, and fire hit the building and a patrol van; no arrests yet, and Gov. Alex Otti visited the station and the injured. Sources: Abia Police Command (via The Sun), Punch, Channels TV. exeindex.com/crime. Record dispatch:2026-10-17-ng-aba-uratta. @exeindex. — News cardMap: Abia State (red) in Nigeria · Aba lies in the south of the state. Map: Wikimedia Commons, Profoss after Uwe Dedering · CC BY-SA 3.0

Oct 17: Two police officers were killed and three people injured when armed attackers hit the Uratta division police station in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria, police say. Explosives started a fire that damaged the building…