Police say they are investigating the suspects’ motives
The Abia State Police Command has arrested two persons for allegedly beheading two corpses kept at a local mortuary in Owerrinta, Isiala Ngwa Local Government Area of the state.
The corpses, male and female, were kept at the Might Moon Mortuary in Owerrinta, where the suspects allegedly beheaded them at about 3.30 a.m. on November 4.
Geoffrey Ogbonna, the police spokesperson, confirmed the incident, adding that the suspects were arrested at Owerrinta.
Ogbonna, who described the act as “ungodly and sacrilegious”, said that the police were investigating the matter. “How can one behead a dead body, what is he or she going to do with the head?” he said.
The proprietor of the morgue, Dr Boniface Ubani, had reported the incident to the police on November 5.
It was gathered that the suspects had attacked the mortuary attendants before carrying out the act.
“We felt the people brought a dead body to the mortuary that night,” said a resident of the village who did not want his name published. “It was only after day break that we learnt the some very horrible things took place at the mortuary.
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