By JIMITOTA ONOYUME

PORT HARCOURT — TWO persons were reportedly killed while a policeman sustained gunshot wounds when armed robbers attacked a vehicle close to Isaac Boro Park in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday.

Eye witnesses said the two casualties were the driver and another occupant of the vehicle. Vanguard gathered that the robbers trailed them from a bank where they had gone to withdraw cash.

It was not clear how much was in the two bags the robbers pulled out from the vehicle after they had killed the occupants.

The incident caused traffic gridlock at the busy Isaac Boro park end of the state capital as soldiers and policemen took over the area for several hours.

State Police Commissioner, Mr Mohammed Nndabawa confirmed the incident to Vanguard, adding that the policeman who was shot on the leg was responding to treatment at an undisclosed hospital.  He said the police were making efforts to track down the robbers.