persons, including a pregnant woman, were in the early hours of Tuesday killed when gunmen invaded Eziani, a community in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria’s South-east .
A resident Four of the area said that the attack began at about 1 a.m.
The gunmen were said to have shot sporadically when they stormed the community, killing the four victims.
Confirming the incidence, Anambra Police Command spokesperson, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the unidentified lifeless bodies were recovered during police/military operations in the area.
The victims included three males and one female, according to the police spokesperson.
“Preliminary information reveals that the criminals, armed with AK-47 rifles, started shooting indiscriminately and unprovoked, unfortunately, bullets hit four unarmed civilian populaces,” Mr Ikenga said.
The remains of the victims have been deposited in a morgue.