Armed Robbers Raid Departure Lounge Of Lagos International Airport Killing At Least 2 Policemen

Dare devil robbers stormed the departure lounge of Nigeria's busiest commercial airport, the Murtala Muhammed International airport in Lagos killing at least two armed police officers in the process.

The robbers reportedly trailed a large amount of money transported in a bullion van en route to Dubai to the departure lounge, they struck as as soon as the monies were carried in bags to the departure lounge.

Eyewitnesses said the unprecedented raid led to complete pandemonium in the lounge with several passengers injured as they made to escape the attack. Many passengers were checking in to catch their flights to Europe, US, Asia, Middle East and different parts of the world when the robbers struck on Wednesday evening.

There is no official comment from  airport authorities regarding the incident as at the time of publishing this report.

Source: SaharaReporters