Assassins have caused severe pandemonium in an Imo State community after storming the place to cause irreparable havoc.
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A couple have been brutally murdered by some suspected assassins in
Okwelle community, in the Onuimo Local Government Area of Imo State.
Serious panic overtook the community after the incident.
Punch Metro has revealed that the assailants had stormed the
couple’s house on Saturday evening wielding cutlasses and other weapons.
They were said to have taken turns to rape the woman in the
presence of her husband and their children, after which the couple were
hacked to death.
It was learnt the assailants subsequently fled with the deceased’s three children.
The Imo State Police Command, which confirmed the incident, said
the cause of the attack had yet to be ascertained, He added that some
arrests had been made in connection with the killings.
However, a resident of the community, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, said the husband had a serious disagreement with a woman
lately.
He said, “I got to know about the incident from a friend, who
is a neighbour of the couple. I learnt the husband had a quarrel with a
woman who followed the assassins to deal with the family. His wife was
raped and given matchete cut and the killers went with their three
children. The woman has been arrested.”
The Imo State Police Public Relations, DSP Andrew Enwerrem, said
the police were making efforts to arrest the killers and to rescue the
abducted children safely.
He said, “The couple were murdered and their three children
were taken away and the police have made arrests of about three
suspects, who are undergoing investigation. The children have not been
recovered. I don’t have the names of the couple with me now.”
