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DELTA: 4 feared dead, others injured as unknown assailants invade Hausa settlement, mosque
There was mayhem in Asaba, Delta State when unknown gunmen invaded a suspected Hausa settlement killing three men, one woman and left several others with varying degrees of injury.
Reports say the assailants armed with guns and other dangerous weapons attacked at about 10pm Friday night at the Abraka market within the Asaba metropolis, shooting sporadically into the air as people tried to catch some sleep.
The assailants also threw a bomb into into a Mosque at Cable forcing a stampede in the premises but a brave Hausa man reportedly picked up the bomb and threw it into a nearby river before it exploded.
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It took the intervention of soldiers and policemen who came to the rescue of people in the area as the invaders were chased away and relative calm was restored thereafter.
The injured persons were reportedly taken to hospital for treatment by the security agents while the dead were deposited at the mortuary located in the hospital where the victims were taken to.
As at the time of filing in this report, the State Commissioner of Police was yet to comment on the incident which caught many unawares.
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Anita Kingsley
September 16, 2017 at 1:30 pm
The people are Hausas, it isn’t Hausas that are bombing themselves so that there will be chaos in the country.
Animashaun Ayodeji
September 16, 2017 at 1:35 pm
How is it possible for hausas to bomb themselves? This is the hand work of the newly declared terrorist group – IPOB! Take it or leave it!
Animashaun Ayodeji
September 16, 2017 at 1:36 pm
The federal government should deploy enough soldiers to delta state so that there can be peace. Policemen cannot be trusted for 100% security.
Abeni Adebisi
September 16, 2017 at 1:39 pm
Policemen cannot handle the situation, this is bomb we’re talking about, only military men can handle the situation
JOHNSON PETER
September 16, 2017 at 3:57 pm
This is a ploy to stir commotion in Nigeria because in no due time now, you will hear that the northerners are killing the easterners in the North, so it’s not all we hear, will believe
yanju omotodun
September 17, 2017 at 1:09 pm
I know so many people won’t consider what I read most and it’s striking, a brave Hausa man picked up a bomb and throw it into a river before it detonated. Was there a river near the mosque? Can a Nigerian police risk his life to save others?