Gunmen killed four persons on Nzomiwu Street in Eziani community, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State.
VOP news gathered that the gunmen invaded the community on Tuesday and started shooting into the air, thereby killing the victims – three males and a female, who was said to be pregnant.
The reason for the attack could not be ascertained, but a source in the area said the gunmen immediately fled the scene after killing the victims.
Confirming the attack in a press statement, the state police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the bodies of the victims had been deposited at the mortuary.
Ikenga disclosed that 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, recovering lifeless bodies of three males and one female at the scene.
Ikenga disclosed further that Preliminary information revealed that the criminal elements were armed with Ak47 rifles which they used to kill the victims when shots rented the air.
