Nigeria, April 19 -- Two police officers have been killed in Anambra State, Nigeria's South-east, in a deadly attack by gunmen on a police facility in the state in the early hours of Monday.

Some vehicles parked at the station's premises were razed during the attack at the Zone 13 police headquarters at Ukpo, near Awka.

The slain officers have been identified as Ishaku Aura, an inspector, and Uzoma Uwaebuka, a police constable.

The commissioner of police and some senior police officers visited the scene of the attack, immediately after the incident, PREMIUM TIMES learnt.

PREMIUM TIMES could not immediately get a police comment on the attack, as the police spokesperson in the state was said to be in a meeting, apparently over the devel...