The police in Anambra have confirmed the killing of one trader by operatives of the state Anti-Touting Squad at the Science Equipment Market, Head Bridge, Onitsha.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident, and said the unnamed victim was shot.
Ikenga added that several other people sustained injuries during the incident that happened at about 4:30pm on Friday at the Head Bridge Market
He said that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Aderemi Adeoye, had ordered a probe into the development.
Ikenga reported: “Our officers led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Head Bridge, on receipt of the information, got to the scene and saw a young man in a pool of his blood while another was injured.
“The victims were rushed to the hospital where the doctor confirmed one dead.
“The police also recovered six expended cartridges from the scene.”
Pandemonium broke out late Friday at the Science Equipment Market, Onitsha Bridgehead in Anambra when operatives of the Anambra State Anti-Touting Squad allegedly shot one person dead and injured several others.
It was gathered that trouble started at the market when the operatives invaded the area in search of someone who was said to have urinated in a restricted area and ran into the market for cover.
Eyewitnesses said the operatives shot indiscriminately for over two hours while in the market, resulting in the traders scampering for safety, leading to destruction and looting of people’s goods.
One trader was shot dead and other people sustained bullet wounds.
