Three persons have been shot and killed by gunmen on Saturday night in an attack on the Akpoha community of Afikpo Local Government Area of Ebonyi state.
Many residents of the community were also wounded when the gunmen stormed the community with sophisticated weapons on two motorcycles and started shooting sporadically.
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The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, of the Ebonyi State Command, DSP Joshua Ukandu, said on Sunday that operatives of the command are on the trail of the assailants, and vowed to bring them to book.
He also said the bodies of the deceased have been deposited at a morgue while investigations are ongoing to unravel the cause of the attack.
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