A four-year-old-girl has been beheaded in Nsukka university community, Enugu State.
The incident, it was gathered, occurred in the night of last Sunday at a suburb near Ikpa Market in Nru Community.
The killer is identified as one Emeka Owo, said to be from Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State. He was once the head of Ikpa Market security personnel, it was gathered.
An eyewitness, who does not want his name to be mentioned, said, “It happened last Sunday night. He came to the house of the deceased family, and was telling them that his body needed blood.
“Others managed to run, but the child he killed was sleeping. He beheaded her.”
The deceased is said to be a child of one Mr Ndubisi Ugwu, based in Abuja.
The suspect was said to have gone to his house in a two-storey building with the head of the child.
According to a source, “When sympathisers gathered, the suspected killer called the police on phone. They came to arrest him.
“I learnt that the matter has been transferred to the Homicide Unit of the state Police Command.
“Both the deceased and her suspected killer live in the same vicinity.”
Meanwhile, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, when contacted, demanded the location where the incident occurred, adding that, “I will need to verify that please.”