Again, pirates kill 3 soldiers in bayelsa

Less than 72 hours after
suspected pirates killed three
soldiers attached to the Joint
Task Force (JTF) Operation Pulo
Shield, along Santa Barbara
River in Nembe Local
Government Area, armed men
have again killed another
three soldiers at Azagbene,
Ekeremor Local Government
Area of the state.
Checks by Daily Sun revealed
that the latest attack occurred
on Tuesday, 48 hours to
Christmas when the pirates
attacked the boat conveying
the three soldiers on routine
patrol along the waterways.
A security source said after the
gunmen had killed the
soldiers, they went away with
their rifles and 180 rounds of
ammunition.
The source said the civilian
boat driver was also not
spared as he was killed and his
boat taken away.
The news of the killing of six
soldiers within the space of
four days, he said had thrown
the JTF into deep mourning.
He said: “This is a bad time for
soldiers. Just three days after
three soldiers whose corpses
were yet to be found were
killed, three more JTF’s
soldiers were also attacked
and killed in similar
circumstances on Tuesday.”