{"id":34688,"date":"2021-11-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/?guid=5e5fbe682d9972a8fd085bd3bd21a553"},"modified":"2021-11-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T00:00:00","slug":"gunmen-kill-four-at-funeral-in-central-nigeria-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/gunmen-kill-four-at-funeral-in-central-nigeria-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen Kill Four At Funeral In Central Nigeria: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"
LAGOS \u2013 Four persons were killed when a group of gunmen attacked mourners, who were assembled at a funeral, in central Nigeria\u2019s Benue state, the police said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Catherine Anene, the spokesperson for the police in Benue, said in a statement, three gunmen invaded, on Saturday, the Imande Abur village of the Logo local government area of the state, shooting indiscriminately at the mourners at a burial there.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cFive people sustained gunshot injuries and were rushed to the hospital for treatment, but unfortunately, four of them lost their lives while receiving treatment,\u201d said Anene.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She said, police teams within the area swiftly moved to the area, but the suspects took to their heels on seeing the police.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The motive of the attack was not immediately known, but police detectives have launched an investigation into the attack, the police spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
There have been a series of gun attacks in Nigeria in recent months, leading to deaths and kidnappings, in the northern part of the country.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAGOS \u2013 Four persons were killed when a group of gunmen attacked mourners, who were assembled at a funeral, in central Nigeria\u2019s Benue state, the police said.Catherine Anene, the spokesperson for the police in Benue, said in a statement, three gunmen i…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n