TRAGIC: SUSPECTED GUNMEN KILL NINE IN ANAMBRA
Nine people were reportedly slain in Awka, Anambra State, by suspected gunmen.
The event occurred around 10 a.m. at Ifite-Awka, behind the school gate of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK).
According to reports, the perpetrators arrived in two vehicles and began firing at random.
Though one eyewitness described it as a cult war, their operational technique, according to a source, was that of Biafra agitators.
The source also informed The Nation that gunfire struck other people in the process.
Tochukwu Ikenga, Anambra Police’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the occurrence.
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He stated that the responding team had taken over the scene of the indiscriminate gunfire around 9:15 a.m.
Ikenga said: āPreliminary information shows that the armed men unprovoked started shooting sporadically and some bullets fatally hit four persons in the area and were rushed to the hospital for aid by the police operatives.
āAlso, some empty shells of bullets have been recovered at the scene. Meanwhile, operations are ongoing in the area and further details shall be communicated, please.ā
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