state, as three gunmen suspected to be members of the Islamic sect shot dead a trader (name withheld) and two of his children in
Pompomari ward of the metropolis at about 7.35am on Thursday.
The gunmen, according to an eyewitness and resident of the area, came in a tricycle and ambushed the trader and family members in the house, after the dusk to dawn curfew, before firing several gunshots into the heads and chests of three victims.
He said: “As we were preparing to go out after the 9pm-7am curfew, some gunmen burst into our neighbour’s house and started chanting God is great before they shot and killed the man and two of his children that usually assist him at the shops and house.
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