Gunmen attack Burial preparations in Anambra, leave 7 dead

On Monday, December 30, 2024, two security personnel and five others were killed when unknown gunmen stormed a funeral preparation location in Anambra State’s Ihiala Local Government Area.

Anambra State Police spokesperson Tochukwu Ikenga said in a statement that the event happened at approximately 11:20 a.m.

Photographs released with the police statement show that members of the Anambra State Vigilante Group were among the victims.

According to reports, the assailants entered the location and started shooting intermittently at the people within.

Two security personnel who were positioned at a nearby observation point near the Ihiala Local Government Headquarters along the express road were shot by the militants during their escape.

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Two unarmed bystanders were among the seven people who died. One victim was rescued by a joint security team and is presently being treated at an undisclosed facility.

Nnaghe Obono, the commissioner of police for Anambra State, has directed that the offenders be sought out immediately. He pledged to see that justice is done and offered his sympathies to the victims’ families.

This attack is the most recent in a string of violent events that have targeted people, government officials, and security forces in Anambra and other southeastern states.