Soldier’s Stray Bullet Hits 13-year-old Girl's Head

Thirteen, After being allegedly hit in the head by a stray bullet from an soldier's rifle, 13-year-old Jennifer Innocent is battling to save her life at University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, UPTH.

The incident happened Wednesday at the Mile 4 neighbourhood of Obio/Akpor locality in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, following a scuffle between an unidentified soldier and a commercial bus driver.

Confirming the incident, Precious Innocent, younger sister to the stray bullet victim who was with her at the time, said:   “I bent down during the fight between the soldier and the bus man. I told my sister to bend down, she refused. Suddenly the army gun went off and she was hit on her head.”

Culled from VANGUARD