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Identifier |
IBD033164 |
|
Title |
Market Crisis, Lagos |
|
Description |
A fight between two market runners spiralled into a violent confrontation that claimed 2 lives. Both victims fought while scouting for a customer. A source reported that after the Igbo trader stabbed the Yoruba colleague to death with a broken bottle, he was lynched by a mob of Yoruba extraction. |
|
Start date |
2025-08-27 |
|
End date |
2025-08-27 |
|
Duration |
1 Day(s) |
|
Place |
Balogun Market |
|
Number of death(s) |
2 |
|
Number of death(s) according to police |
NaN |
|
Number of death(s) according to press |
2 |
|
Causes of violence |
market issue |
|
Sources of information |
Daily Trust
(1 )
, Other newpapers 1
(5 )
, Vanguard
(1 )
|
|
LGA |
Lagos Island |
