A minimum of three folks had been killed and 5 others injured when unidentified hoodlums attacked the Isionye neighborhood, situated on the boundary between Enugu Ukwu and Nawfia in Njikoka Native Authorities Space of Anambra State.
It was reported that the armed assailants, posing as land consumers, lured their victims to the land, the place they launched the assault.
Sources within the space said that the incident, which passed off late on Monday, precipitated panic in the neighborhood as a result of a number of gunshots fired by the attackers.
One of many sources mentioned, “Unknown gunmen stormed our neighborhood in Enugu Ukwu, Njikoka Native Authorities, this night and killed a number of folks. They arrived in a Sienna car, pretending to be land consumers.
“Nobody suspected they had been closely armed with weapons and machetes till they reached the land and began taking pictures. Within the course of, each the individuals who took them to the land had been shot, whereas passers-by and different residents, who fled on the sound of the gunfire, sustained numerous accidents.”
Confirming the incident on Tuesday, Anambra State Police spokesman, Superintendent of Police Tochukwu Ikenga, mentioned the police had recovered the car deserted by the armed attackers, and that investigations had been underway to establish the perpetrators.
Ikenga mentioned, “The Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Itam, has ordered an investigation into the homicide of three folks and the intense harm of 5 others on Monday, 9 September 2024, at 2 p.m. at Isionye land, a boundary between Enugu Ukwu and Nawfia.
“Preliminary info revealed that the victims had been lured to the land by people by way of a telephone name underneath the guise of a land transaction, and had been then attacked with weapons and machetes.
“In the meantime, the Commissioner of Police has referred to as for calm, as police operatives have recovered the deserted Sienna car utilized by the murderers.
“The testimonies of the injured victims, who’re presently receiving therapy in hospital, are aiding the investigation, whereas the our bodies of the deceased have been deposited within the morgue.
“Additional developments can be communicated sooner or later.”