Some gunmen have reportedly invaded Agbada village in Nenwe community, Aninri local government area of Enugu State and killed three villagers.
The masked gunmen were reported to have invaded the community on Saturday morning.
Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the incident, noting that a discreet investigation had been launched to fish out the yet-to-be-identified armed hoodlums.
A community source who spoke to our correspondent identified the victims as Mr Hillary Uche, a popular dealer in block and cement at Orie Agu, Emulemoke Agbada Road; one Kingsley, a machine parts dealer at Signboard area of the village and another young man popularly known as FM.
According to the source, the hoodlums went to the houses and the shop (as for Hillary) of their victims to kill them.
While Kingsley and FM were said to have been dragged out from their homes in Amagu Agbada Nenwe to the village square, before where they were killed, Hilary was said to have been killed inside his shop at Orie Agu.
It was further gathered that the hoodlums burnt a house after searching it without seeing their target.
The killings have since caused apprehension in the community, and some young men in the village have reportedly started fleeing the place.
Another community source said: “Some unknown gunmen entered my village and brought out Kingsley and FM and dragged them to the village square where they killed them.
“Nobody knows who the people are. Some came in motorcycles while some of our people said some of them came in a vehicle.
“Everyone is afraid of even going out. There is panic everywhere. This kind of thing has never happened before here.”
“One of the persons they killed, Mr Hillary, was shot three times in his shop at Orie Agu Nenwe. All of those unknown gunmen wore masks, suggesting that they may have come from around us here,” the source said.
Confirming the incident, the Command’s spokesperson, Daniel Ndukwe, said a manhunt had been launched to find the fleeing hoodlums, adding that police operatives were on their trail.
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