A clash between two rival cult groups , Black Axe and Klans , in Calabar South, Cross River State has resulted in the death of three persons.
A source who witnessed the killing of one of the victims at about 11 : 00 p .m . on Tuesday on Ambo Street , narrated to our correspondent how it happened .
The source who pleaded anonymity said , “ We had just finished a church programme at about 11 : 00 p .m . and we were going home when some young men accosted a youth and began hitting him with a plank .
“ After hitting him several times with the plank , they later used a machete to cut the victim who was screaming for help . The victim was said to have come to visit someone in the neighbourhood when he was waylaid .
“ Everybody had to run from the scene as it appeared it was cultists that were attacking each other . After about an hour , the police from Mbukpa Police Station arrived the scene but did not meet the culprits who escaped immediately they finished killing their victim .”
It was gathered that a reprisal attack on Wednesday afternoon on a street near Ambo street also resulted in the death of another victim .
Our correspondent also gathered that earlier on Wednesday , another victim was said to have been shot dead around Chamley Street also in Calabar South .
Details about the attack on Chamley Street were sketchy as of the time of filing this report . The incident was also attributed to rival cult clash .
The state Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo, when contacted confirmed the incidents .
“ Three persons were killed when two cult groups , Black Axe and Klan , clashed. Four suspects have been arrested in connection with the incidents and they are being interrogated .
“ Our men have been deployed everywhere . There is no cause for alarm as the situation has been brought under control ,” she said.
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