25 YEAR OLD MAN GOES BERSERK, KILLS OWN FATHER, SISTER
“When he was attacking his father with machete, Julius’ sister came out and asked him why he was attacking their father. And he descended on her and macheted her to death after killing the father’.
“Some neighbours who saw what happened came to the scene. Julius attacked about six of them with the machete. As he was leaving the area wielding the machete, a man called Peter whose wife was among those macheted, went inside his house, brought his gun and shot him and he died instantly,” the witness said
As at the time of filing this report the corpses of the victims have been deposited at the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki while the injured are currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital in the state.
When contacted, the Police Command Public Relations Officer, Loveth Odah, confirmed the incident stating that the suspect reportedly killed himself after killing his father and sister.
“The boy is about 25 years and he burns candle and reads some religious books. So he came home and attacked his father and seven years old sister with Axe and machete. Thereafter he killed himself,” she said
The police added further that the authorities were still investigating the incident and that she has not been properly briefed on the number of casualties.
