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Gunmen kill businesswoman in Taraba
Gunmen in the early hours of Friday killed a businesswoman in Taraba State.
The spokesman for the state police command, Abdullahi Usman confirmed the incident to journalists in Jalingo.
He said the assailants stormed building located in Mayo Dasa area of the state capital and they used machetes to break the windows of the house.
Usman said: “She (the victim) was reading in her room, preparatory for an examination she was writing, and all of a sudden they opened fire on her, shot her at the back which penetrated and came out through the stomach.
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”After breaking the windows, while in fear the occupants of the house stepped out to be whisked away and surprisingly they did not take anyone along with them.
“The command has launched a discrete investigation into the incident to unravel the perpetrators of the heinous crime.”
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