A 17-year-old girl was reportedly killed for ritual at Ika North East local government area of Delta State.

There was heavy pandemonium in Owa-Alero community over her death, on Sunday morning.

The murdered girl, according to sources, left her home on Saturday night to purchase some snacks. She was found the next day stabbed at the upper part of her ribs and a pip inserted through an opening into her body where her blood was said to have been drained.

An witness who saw the lifeless body of the girl said that no part of her body was missing and there was no drop of blood in the scene.

The late teenager was discovered on a heap of sand, few meters from her house with a bottle of soft drink and a packet of chin chin close to her.

It was learned that the deceased was a virgin and had speech challenge which was suspected to have made her a victim of organized crime.

Some persons in the Owa-Alero community described the incident as ungodly and unprecedented and prayed that divinity will judge the perpetrators of the evil act.

As at the time of filling this report, men of the Nigeria Police and other security agents were already at the scene conducting first hand investigations while an attempt to speak with the parents proved abortive.