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Aguleri (Anambra) \u2013 One person was killed, two houses and four cars burnt as angry youths of Aguleri in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State, Wednesday, went on rampage over the killing of one of them by a vigilante group.<\/p>\n

Fifty mobile policemen, 10 soldiers, eight police vans and an armoured personnel carrier were deployed in the area to quell the riot.<\/p>\n

About 7,000 youths took to the streets armed with cutlasses, axes, gallons of petrol and other dangerous weapons, chanting war songs.<\/p>\n

No fewer than five cars were smashed before police intervened.<\/p>\n

Genesis<\/p>\n

According to an eyewitness, trouble started when a vigilante group chased four youths who were manual sand dredgers.<\/p>\n

The eyewitness said the youths were suspected to be smoking India hemp at the bank of the Otuocha stream at about 9am.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWhen the suspected Indian hemp smokers escaped by swimming across the stream, the vigilance group pursued them until they shot dead one of them, identified as Chikelu Chukwuma, from Ezi-Agulu Village in Otu Aguleri.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen youths in the community heard about it, they went on rampage, destroying all the houses and property of the vigilante group members.\u201d<\/p>\n

The vigilante members were said to be taking refuge in Aguleri Divisional Police Station when the rampage was going on, the eyewitness narrated.<\/p>\n

Addressing the restive youths, Mr. Larry Osita, Police Area Commander in Onitsha, noted that their aggression was human but added that they should stop the destruction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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