Nigeria, March 2 -- The police in Anambra State have authorised the burial of three siblings who were murdered and dumped in a deep freezer in the state.

The police spokesperson in the state, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that, on 1 February, hoodlums invaded a residence, killed the three siblings and dumped their bodies in the freezer inside their apartment.

The incident happened in Nnewichi, a community in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State.

The slain children, a boy and two girls, were aged between five and nine.

Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, said the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Ikioye Orutugu, gave the family the authority to bury t...