Having given the thieves twenty minutes to make good their getaway, the awakened policemen ran into their police post. In fact they were not sure of where the gunshots had come from. They met the unmoving bodies of the two cops lying on the threshold of death on the floor. Benson’s armory and safe was open. And guns and money were missing. Two other cupboards were opened too and some documents missing, but they touched nothing.
Benson ran into a spate of hysterical curses as soon as the news reached him.
“Robbers at the station! I hope they killed no one?”
“One sergeant Yusuf was critically unconscious while sergeant Beka was seriously injured!” Came a voice at the other end.
“Are they the only guys on duty this night?”
“Yes sir.”
“What of the other six senior officers that should as
