{"id":98644,"date":"2022-08-26T15:28:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T14:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=98644"},"modified":"2022-08-26T15:28:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T14:28:30","slug":"gunmen-set-ablaze-houses-shops-in-imo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/gunmen-set-ablaze-houses-shops-in-imo\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen set ablaze houses, shops in Imo\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Gunmen on Thursday set ablaze houses, shops in some parts of Izombe in the Ogutal local government area of Imo state.<\/p>\n<p>An eyewitness who spoke to our Correspondent from the area said the incident started happening from 4:30 pm till 7:30 pm in Izombe.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of filing this story, the reason for the attacks was not made known.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the locations where the attacks took place according to the eyewitness include; Central market, Amamuruegede, Eziama, Umuakpa, and Eke-well among others.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nBut a source who did not want his name mentioned in the report for security reasons, said: \u201cWe saw men in a security uniform. They came in with about eight security vehicles fully armed. They drove in at about 4:30 pm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we saw them people were afraid. As it was getting dark, all of a sudden they shot in the air and people started running. They went straight to some selected houses and shops and put fa ire on the buildings. They burnt more than ten houses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cAs I am talking to you now, many people have abandoned their houses and fled into the bushes. Some of us don\u2019t know the whereabouts of our children and wives. By tomorrow, we will come out and know the level of damage they have done. Till now, we don\u2019t know the sins we have committed that we deserve this kind of attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the time of filing this report, the Imo state Police Public Relations Officer, Micheal Abattam, was yet to respond.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gunmen on Thursday set ablaze houses, shops in some parts of Izombe in the Ogutal local government area of Imo state. 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