SARS officers shoot shop owner dead in Lagos

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Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have killed a pregnant shop owner in Ijegun area of Lagos.

Biliki, a tailor, was hit by a bullet on Saturday after the policemen fired at a suspect who was on the run.

The shop owner was hit while in her store which is on a street close to the Oba of Ijegun’s palace.

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One of the SARS operatives was immediately mobbed by irate residents while his colleague is said to be under the protective custody of the monarch.

Biliki was said to have died in a hospital.

Lagos police spokesman, Bala Elkana, has not made a statement on the incident.