At least two persons have been reportedly killed by unknown gunmen at Mgbuka-Amanzu Road by Pillar Bread junction, on Obibuenyi Street, Okpoko, in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was learnt that the two persons were killed during an attack on the area on Sunday. The gunmen, numbering about four and riding in a tricycle, double-crossed the unidentified man going to the church, shot and dispossessed him of his belongings and fled, an eyewitness told PUNCH.
At least two persons have been reportedly killed by unknown gunmen at Mgbuka-Amanzu Road by Pillar Bread junction, on Obibuenyi Street, Okpoko, in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State.The gunmen, numbering about four and riding in a tricycle, double-crossed the unidentified man going to the church, shot and dispossessed him of his belongings and fled, an eyewitness told PUNCH.
The gunmen were said to have quickly removed the corpse of their gang-member from the tricycle and dumped it by the roadside as they drove about 50 metres away from the scene. “We don’t know if it is a case of robbery attack or assassins. But as the armed men were firing the shots, the bullet hit one of the gang members inside the tricycle and he died, as they moved about 50 meters away from the scene, they dropped the lifeless body of their member and finally zoomed off.DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the state police spokesman, confirmed the incident, noting that the police recovered the lifeless body of a yet-to-be identified young man.
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