It was gathered that about 7a.m, this morning 6th August, 2017 while members of the st. Philip catholic church, Ofufe Amakwa Ozubulu in Ekwusigo local government in Anambra state while worshiping God has been attacked by an unknown gunmen.
An eye witness said the gun men arrived the church premises with a black lexus SUV car about the time 7am and started shooting sporadically on worshippers killing scores of people.
Another eye witness said the gun men left about 8 people dead on a spot inside the church and many injured, although some were taken to the Nnewi teaching hospital and some gave up in the hospital.
No one can really tell who these perpetrators are, although people are suspecting to be Fulani herdsmen or the Boko haram terrorist group.
VsXtra gathered that the dead bodies and the injured has been taken to the Nnewi teaching hospital, Anambra state.
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