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 reporter 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.
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 reporter 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.
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