Unknown assailants suspected to armed robbers in the early hours of Thursday attacked a couple in Benin and stabbed them to death.
The incident occurred at about 5:00 a.m. at Idemudia street, off Upper Sokponba road, Benin, Edo state. The attackers were said to have stabbed the woman and her husband several times, resulting in the death of the woman at the spot while the husband allegedly died a few hours after at a private medical facility where he was rushed to for treatment.
Family sources had it that the husband was accompanying his wife, a fish seller, to the park for transportation of her goods to the village market when they were attacked.
Family sources had it that the husband was accompanying his wife, a fish seller, to the park for transportation of her goods to the village market when they were attacked.
The robbers were said to have demanded money from them after accosting them and resorted to inflicting injuries on them when the victims could not provide any money.
It was learnt that the woman died on the spot after her intestines fell out of her stomach, following the stabbing.
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