News - Gunmen Kill Five, Injure Seven

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 SUSPECTED Boko Haram gunmen shot dead five residents and injured seven others at the Bagadaza area of Gombe metropolis on Friday.

The attackers, according to an eyewitness, arrived at about 4pm on two motorcycles and fired shots at over a dozen people as they played poker.

The eyewitness said the operation bears semblance with recent attacks by Boko Haram gunmen in the state, which left several persons dead and others injured, and without any of the suspects apprehended by the police.

"The gunmen fired sporadically to scare us. Then they attacked the people. They had been playing cards under the tree. They killed five of them. The rest sustained various degrees of injury. They were rushed to a hospital for treatment. The bodies of the five are still lying on the ground. Residents refused attempt by the police to have them taken to a mortuary," he said.

A police officer said: "We pleaded with them to allow us carry the bodies. But the residents insisted the Governor or Commissioner of Police had to be present before the bodies could be moved."

Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations Officer and Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Fwaje Atajiri, said five people were killed in the noon attack and that seven persons, including a police officer, were injured.

He said the bodies have been deposited in a mortuary at the city's Federal Medical Centre.



The Guardian