Many injured as helicopter allegedly shoots passenger boat in Rivers

Many people are feared injured as a yet-to-be-identified helicopter allegedly shot at a local passenger boat travelling from Port Harcourt to Bonny in Rivers State.

An eyewitness told Punch that the boat conveyed passengers and foodstuff.

“The local boat that just left here to Bonny, within the Treasure Island area, a chopper or I will call it a flight helicopter, just came behind, went very low and started shooting at the wooden boat.

From the information we got from a boat driver, there were passengers in the boat. The boat also contained foodstuff such as garri, rice and other items.

Everyone knows that is the route transporting foodstuff to Bonny. Some people died in the boat”

The state police command or the state government is yet to comment on this development.