By OGBONNAYA NDUKWE, Abia

A pregnant woman and her son have been killed by bandits in a market in Aba, Abia State.

This is as security operatives have intensified efforts to apprehend bandits involved in heinous crimes in parts of Abia State. This may have forced the hoodlums to go underground as they now operate in the villages.

Witnesses said the robbers who arrived on a motorcycle in Ahia Nwko started shooting.

Daily Sun gathered from a source who identified the dead woman as Nwanyi Chosen (meaning Chosen woman), a dealer on cement and other local materials, said on noticing the bodies of their victims, the hoodlums quickly hijacked a parked motorcycle and escaped.

The Abia State police command said it was yet to be briefed on the incident. (Daily SUN)

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