Nigeria, June 20 -- At least two persons were killed on Thursday when suspected cultists attacked residents of Oko, a community in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria's South-east, the police has said.

The incident, PREMIUM TIMES, happened at about 8 p.m. near the popular Federal Polytechnic Oko in the community.

Residents told this newspaper that the suspected cultists stormed the community on a motorcycle and in a Lexus SUV, with no number plates, and targeted some of the victims.

One of the residents, Duke Ezeh, said the attackers appeared to be on a mission to avenge the death of a suspected cultist who was killed by a rival cult group in the area two weeks ago.

"They (the attackers) went to the shops of t...