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Mob Sets Fleeing Robbers Ablaze Who Ran Out of Bullets in Anambra

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Mob Sets Fleeing Robbers Ablaze Who Ran Out of Bullets in Anambra | Daily Report Nigeria
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Two suspected armed robbers have been set ablaze by a mob besides the Conoil Filling Station, Onitsha, Anambra State.

The incident was said to have happened in the early hours of Thursday, January 20, along the Awka-Enugu Road.

A source said the suspects, who came on a motorcycle, robbed some Awada residents of their money, phones, and other valuables, and shot several times in the air to scare people away from the vicinity before making attempt to escape.

According to the source, luck ran out on them, as their bullet got exhausted and residents who were vigilant immediately noticed it.

It was gathered that the mob chased the robbers and captured them at the MCC Junction, Onitsha, where they placed the motorcycle on them and set them on fire.

The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Eworo, who confirmed the incident, urged residents to shun mob action.

Eworo, who frowned on such acts, commended members of the public who always assisted the police in apprehending suspected criminals.

He said;

“Information revealed that in the early hours of Thursday, the unidentified armed suspects, operating on a motorcycle, robbed some persons at Awada.

“A mob chased them when they discovered that the robbers had run out of bullets. They accosted the suspects on Oraifite Street by Ogbo Bread Junction and set them ablaze with their motorcycle.”

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