The Police in Rivers State have ruled out terrorist attack
in the explosion that occurred at a Port Harcourt mall.
feared injured following a gas explosion that occurred at
the Port Harcourt shopping mall in Rivers State on Wednesday.
Eyewitnesses said the incident caused a stampede as many
customers who were on the holiday visit tried to escape from the building.
But reacting, the Rivers Police Command spokesman, DSP
Nnamdi Omoni, said no life was lost to the explosion which occurred on
Wednesday and injured five shoppers.
Omoni said, “The explosion occurred at 5.50pm at the kitchen
section with five persons sustaining various degrees of burns.
“They (victims) are currently receiving medical attention at
the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital in Port Harcourt,” he said in a
statement.
Omoni said the police had launched full investigation with a
view to unravelling the cause of the incident.
“However, preliminary investigation conducted revealed that
the explosion has no semblance of a terrorist attack.
“Also, no life was lost as being speculated in some
quarters. There is no cause for alarm,” NAN quoted him as saying.
The spokesman added that normal business activities had
since resumed at the plaza.
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