POLICE CONFIRM KILLING OF INSPECTOR BY 10 YEAR OLD SON IN ANAMBRA.

The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed that a Police Inspector, Amechi Okolie, was accidentally shot and killed by his 10-year-old son with an AK-47 rifle. 

The command spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed in a statement on monday, the incident occurred while Okolie was on duty at a bank and his sons visited him, adding that the 10-year-old boy, who was playing with the rifle pulled the trigger, fatally shooting his father in the spine.

Ikena said the bullet also struck Okolie's younger son, Emmanuel, aged 6, who was injured in the back and right hand. 

According to him, the victims were rushed to Amaku Specialist Teaching Hospital, where Okolie was pronounced dead on arrival, and Emmanuel is currently receiving treatment and responding positively, while the command has retrieved the rifle and launched an investigation into the incident. 

The command has extended its condolences to the family of the late Inspector and wished Emmanuel a quick recovery.

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