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Man kills mother, 2 own children, injures 3 others

Police in Anambra have arrested a man in Nnewi north local government area for the killing of his 85-year-old mother and his two children on Thursday.

Emeka Ezimadu, 47, from Opuneze Uruagu, used a machete to kill his children—Ifechukwu, 9, Mmeso, 2—and his mother Agnes while they slept.

He injured three of his other children—Nonso, 12, Chinaemerem, 11 and Ngozi, 8.

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He is said to have run amok in circumstances yet to be ascertained, police said.

Police spokesman SP Haruna Mohamed said detectives visited the scene and rushed the victims to hospital.

A doctor certified two of the children and the aged mother dead.

The injured children have been hospitalised.

The State criminal investigations department in Awka is investigating.

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