Rampaging gunmen have killed no fewer than fifteen innocent persons and
injured many people at the market in Agbonchia, Eleme Local Government
Area of Rivers State.
The three gunmen, who rode motorcycles, on Saturday evening, shot
indiscriminately at the people, especially youths at the motorcycles’
washing section of the ever-busy market.
Many people scampered for safety, while the unfortunate ones either got killed instantly or were severely injured.
It was learnt from witnesses on Sunday by our source that the casualty
figure was so high, because the people at the market thought the gunmen
came to wash their motorcycles, until they started shooting at close
range, leading to fatality.
Our reporter also gathered that after the shooting spree, the youthful gunmen quickly escaped on their motorcycles.
The Rivers police Spokesman, Muhammad Kidaya Ahmad, a Deputy
Superintendent of Police (DSP), who confirmed the incident, stated that
the command had arrested a suspect and currently undergoing
interrogation, while investigation into the incident was ongoing.
Ahmad, however, claimed that five persons were killed in the shooting
spree, stressing that police’s preliminary investigation revealed that
the incident was an attack by a cult group.
The police’s spokesman assured that the fleeing gunmen would soon be
apprehended and prosecuted, to serve as a deterrent to other
criminally-minded persons in the state.
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