No less than four persons, comprising of two understudies and two ladies, have been apparently murdered by associated cultists in diverse ranges with Benin, the Edo State capital.
The exploited people were said to have been killed on Tuesday.
There have been an increment in religion related killings as of late in the state because of suspected backlashes.
It was learnt that the women, said to be the moms of two men, who had been focused by suspected cultists, were shot dead at Virginia Junction and New Benin both in the state capital, when the shooters couldn't discover their targets.
The two understudies were said to be educating at the Edo State College of Agriculture, Iguoriakhi, in Ovia South West Local Government Area of the state.
They were said to be headed to go to addresses when their aggressors, who had laid a snare in an adjacent hedge, shot them dead.
The shooters were said to have fled once more into the shrubbery after the assault.
Irritated by the assault, a few understudies of the school were said to have organized a dissent requiring the capture of the culprits.
The Provost of the College, Dr. Friday Obasogie, who affirmed the episode, said the case had been accounted for to the police.
He likewise noticed that the administration of the foundation had put off its semester examinations to diminish strain as a consequence of the occurrence.
Obasogie included, "The understudies were going to class when the culprits came up short on the hedge, assaulted them and ran back to the bramble.
"It is religion conflict; you realize that it has been in Benin for over a week now. The police have brought the circumstance under control.
"The semester's examination has been deferred by one week to empower the strain to fade away."
However, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Stephen Onwochei, said examinations had started to recognize and secure the guilty part
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