Suspected gunmen have reportedly killed four persons in Eziani community, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The Informant247 gathered that the gunmen on Tuesday raided the community and started shooting sporadically into the air, killing the victims; three males and a female, who was said to be pregnant.
The source said that the gunmen men shot indiscriminately and their bullets hit the four persons.
DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the state police spokesman,while confirming the attack in a press statement, said the bodies of the victims had been deposited at the mortuary.
Ikenga said, “Police/military operations have been intensified in Ihiala and its neighbouring town as operatives responded to a distress call in the early hours of Tuesday on Nzomiwu Street, Eziani, Ihiala, recovered lifeless bodies, three males and one female at the scene.
“Preliminary information revealed that the criminal elements armed with Ak47, started shooting indiscriminately and unprovoked, unfortunately, bullets hit four unarmed civilians. The bodies have been deposited in the morgue.”