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Two killed in suspected cult clash in Imo

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Two killed in suspected cult clash in Imo

A cult clash between rival groups in Owerri, the Imo State capital, has claimed no fewer than two lives while several others were rushed to the hospital on Wednesday evening.

The clash, between two yet-to-be identified confraternities around the main gate of the Imo State University, made students and traders to scamper for safety.

Narrating the clash, a student of the university said that young men bearing guns opened fire on those approaching the front gate axis.

According to him, the killers shot at their targets before taking off.

He said: “The boys carried guns and they shot at their targets before running away. Two people had died before policemen and security men on campus arrived. Policemen had to rush others, who were shot but still alive, to the hospital.”

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Confirming the development, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Orlando Ikeokwu, said the operatives of the command had arrived in the institution.

Ikeokwu, who said he cannot confirm the casualty figure, explained that the operatives of the command had rushed some injured ones to the hospital.

Also confirming the clash, the Public Relations Officer of the university, Obi Njoku, said those who were killed were not students of the institution.

He said: “Only one person has been confirmed dead and he is not a student of our university. He was a student of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, but had a shop around our school.”

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