PROBE BEGINS AS GUNMEN KILL SIX IN ANAMBRA.

The Anambra State Police Command says it has begun an investigation to arrest the armed hoodlums who carried out separate attacks that claimed the lives of no fewer than six persons in two communities in the state on Sunday.

It was gathered that some yet-to-be-identified armed invaders violently attack worshippers at St Andrews Anglican Church, Isiokwe, in the Lilu community of the Ihiala Local Government Area, in the early hours of Sunday, killing two persons, burning vehicles, and setting ablaze the cleric’s apartment and parts of the church building.

Later the same day, some armed hoodlums suspected to be members of a cult gang opened fire near the Afor Market Junction in the Nawfiacommunity, Njikoka Local Government Area, killing no fewer than four persons and injuring several others.

The spokesperson for the state police command, TOCHUKWU IKENGA, confirmed both attacks in separate statements, specifying that four persons were killed in the violent attack near Afor Market Junction in Nawfia, while two persons died in the church attack.

He attributed the market attack to cult-related violence, adding that the Police Command, on the orders of the Commissioner of Police, IKIOYE ORUTUGU, had launched an investigation into both incidents and was working to apprehend the perpetrators.