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Disaster● Elevated26m ago · Nov 10, 2026, 5:53 PM

Police arrest five over viral machete murder in Delta

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Vanguard Nigeria · Sub-Saharan Africa

— Recover gun, dagger; monarch says residents still afraid By Egufe Yafugborhi ASABA — The Delta State Police Command has arrested five suspected cultists, including a man who allegedly confessed to participating in the gruesome machete killing of a young man at Issele-Azagba, Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state. The arrests followed the […] The post Police arrest five over viral machete murder in Delta appeared first on Vanguard News.

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