The Police in Enugu have begun investigation into the killing of a woman and the wounding of the chief mourner at a burial ceremony on Saturday.
The shooting was said to be accidental.
The spokesman of the Enugu State Police Command, Ebere Amaraizu, who revealed the move by the police said the incident occurred at Amanato Mburumbu community in Nkanu East Local Government Area.
According to him, the police had recovered a locally-made single barrel gun at the scene of the incident.
Said the police spokesman: “It was gathered that tragedy struck when a man identified as Daniel Chukwu of Amanato Mburumbu community stormed the burial ceremony arena with his single barrel locally-made gun and perhaps never knew it was already set for action.
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“It was further gathered that as the burial ceremony hit up and the suspect tried unslinging his gun, it allegedly discharged accidentally and hit one Ngozi Eze, 40, from Amanato Mburumbu community, who was confirmed dead.
“The chief mourner, identified as one Hawaya Nworiuzo, was also injured hence he was rushed to hospital for medical attention.
“The situation shocked sympathisers who scampered for their safety at about 12 noon today.’’
While the suspect was arrested, the corpse of the dead had been deposited in a mortuary.
