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Gunmen attacked a bank in Issele-Uku, Aniocha north LGA of Delta state, and killed three persons, including a police officer on Tuesday.

The gunmen stationed their gang members at strategic positions in the town on Tuesday while some of them robbed the bank, reportedly carting away millions of naira.

The gunmen unleashed terror on the town for almost an hour between 4 pm and 5 pm.

Customers at the bank were held hostage.

In a shooting spree, a trader, identified as an indigene of Issele-Uku from Ogbeofu village was shot dead while two other persons were  killed inside the bank.

The Delta state police command, on Thursday, confirmed the loss of one of its men in the robbery attack.

Bright Edafe, the state police command spokesman, said a customer and a suspected gang member were killed in the attack.

Edafe said the slain policeman was on re-enforcement to the crime scene when he was killed.

He said besides the three casualties, one vehicle reportedly used by the criminals and one AK-47 rifle were recovered from the scene.

The robbers allegedly blocked the local divisional police station and other adjoining roads in the town apparently to shut out possible intervention by security operatives outside the bank premises.