Gunmen have shot dead two policemen in Rivers State.
The officers were killed at a checkpoint on Okija Street in Mile 2 Diobu, a densely populated area of Port Harcourt, the state capital.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Rivers State, Nnamdi Omoni confirmed the attack to newsmen, saying that the hoodlums also went away with an AK-47 assault refile belonging to one of the slain officers.