Again, four persons were shot dead at the weekend by unknown gunmen in
Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. The incident occurred along
Eastern-Bypass area of Marine Base.
The latest tragedy came a few hours before the five persons were killed
on Saturday night, along a popular hotel in Oroworukwo community in
D/Line.
The assailants, suspected to be cultists, stormed a restaurant close to
the bridge along the road and shot dead four persons, while others
sustained bullet wounds.
A source said bodies of the victims were evacuated by policemen, who
arrived at the scene shortly after the bandits had escaped.
Similarly, an unidentified woman, was kidnapped yesterday at about 1:30
pm in Echue Street, Mile 2, Diobu axis of Port Harcourt, by gunmen.
The victim was attending one of the churches in the area, when she was abducted by suspected commercial kidnappers in her jeep.
A source said the suspects escaped through Echue waterfront with the
woman into the creeks in a motorised fibre (speed boat), after police
chased them, forcing them to abandon the car.
Meanwhile, a suspected cultist simply identified as Peter, was buried on
Saturday at the Port Harcourt Cemetery. There was tension in the Town
area of Port Harcourt. Peter was murdered on February 14, this year when
he attended a party organised for the girlfriend of a fellow cultist.
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