A teenager, suffering from mental disorder in Umuokiri Nvosi community in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government Area of Abia State, murdered his parents in their sleep.
The deceased Jonah and Gold Amanze, aged between 70 and 80, had gone to bed Saturday night, when their son crept up on them, and killed them with a machete.
According to a resident of the community who spoke with Vanguard, the mentally-ill teenager had always threatened people in the community.
“the boy has been suffering from mental illness. He has been a terror to residents of this community. “About two weeks ago, he inflicted machete cuts on a passer-by, who almost bled to death. “Yesterday, we woke to the cries of neighbours that he had killed his father and mother at about midnight and fled.”
Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Abia State Command, DSP Geoffrey Ogbonna, speaking on teh incident said it hasn’t been reported to the Police.