Six armed men believed to be robbers have killed one person and injured three others in a robbery attack on several shops at Yama near Walewale in the North East Region.

The gunmen were said to have arrived on motorbikes and started shooting in the village centre before targeting and robbing two mobile money vendors and a phone shop.

Eyewitnesses in the community tell JoyNews that both the deceased, identified as 38-year-old Bugri Moro and the other injured victims, were hit by stray bullets as they attempted to flee the following attack scene indiscriminate firing by the robbers.

The attack has thrown the entire community into a state of shock and mourning, while some of the residents are accusing the police of failing to protect them and threatening to take matters into their own hands.

JoyNews' Eliasu Tanko has more in the following video report.