Two un-comfirmed gunmen and a yet to be identified soldier attached to the 14 Brigade,Ohafia, Abia State, have been killed in a gun fight in the area.
The soldiers were said to be responding to a distress call from their colleague in Ebem community where he was attacked by the unknown gunmen, but later rescued from his hide-out.
The soldiers has killed two of the unknown gunmen in the ensuing gun fight.
Military sources told Dornlinsal Global Resources that the deceased soldier was on errand in the community when he was attacked and killed by the un-verify gunmen who trailed him to the area.
A trader from Amuda in Isuikwuato council area, but resident in Ohafia with her family, died due to bullet during the gun fight between the soldiers and the gunmen.
As at the time of filing this report, Public Relations Officer, 14 Brigade, Innocent Omale ,was yet to a call and text message placed on his handset. However, a source from the Brigade who confirmed the incident, expressed that the rescued soldier had gone to Ebem market in a commercial motorcycle to buy groceries when he noticed that he was being trailed by Some armed men.