DPO, 30 others injured in Onitsha fracas

http://newtelegraphonline.com/dpo-30-others-injured-onitsha-fracas/

Hell was let loose in Onitsha, Anambra State yesterday as hoodlums numbering over 1,000 held residents and visitors alike hostage and shut down businesses and other activities for more than eight hours. 

At the end, over 30 people were injured.
The Divisional Police Officer, Central Police Station, Onitsha, CSP Mark Ijarafu, who narrowly escaped being lynched by the hoodlums, relayed his experience to our correspondent. He said: “We received distress call that some hoodlums operating on motorcycles armed with machetes and other dangerous weapons were terrorising people and disturbing business and other activities around Main Market, Onitsha.