Man slits motorcyclist’s throat and robs him in Niger

A 20-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly killing a commercial motorcycle rider before stealing his motorcycle in the Shabalile area of Mokwa, Niger, according to reports.

“The suspect boarded the motorcycle to Eppa village and while on their way, he stopped the rider and macheted him to death,” according to reports.

“He abandonned the corpse and took the motocycle away,” it added.

Police received information of a lifeless body with a slit throat in a pool of his blood at Shabalile area of Mokwa.

Police operatives led by DPO Mokwa Division mobilized to the scene and evacuated the corpse to the hospital morgue.

A Bajaj motorcycle suspected to have been robbed from the deceased was recovered from an uncompleted building in Mokwa.

While the investigation led to the arrest of the suspect, a 20-year-old man, of Kinboku-Kudu village of Mokwa.