A four-year-old girl and a policeman were yesterday killed in Benin, the Edo State capital by kidnappers.
The girl was shot in the head when her mother ran into the kidnappers on Akpakpava road.
Eyewitnesses said the kidnappers came out of their getaway vehicles,
which were stuck in traffic and started shooting indiscriminately.
The witnesses said the kidnappers ran into heavy traffic at Second Junction after abducting Dan Odiete, an Estate Surveyor.
It was gathered that the kidnappers shot at the vehicle driven by the girl’s mother, thinking she was after them.
The witnesses said the girl and her twin sister were in school uniforms.
It was learnt that her twin was injured.
The policeman killed was said to be the kidnap victim’s orderly.
Two other persons, including a policeman, were shot.
They were taken to the Central Hospital in Benin.
A source at the hospital told The Nation that two of the victims were brought to the hospital.
Police spokesman Anthony Airhuoyo said he was yet to get details of the incident.
TheNation
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