.A boy was on Sunday killed from the stray billet of policemen making efforts to effect an arrest in Onipetesi area of Lagos State.
According to available information, the boy was watching the English Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Tottenham Hotspur.
Liverpool eventually won the match 2-1.
Sources said the policemen, from the Lagos State anti-Cultism Squad, were in the area to arrest a man with dreadlocks, suspected to be involved in criminal activities.
They were said to be firing sporadically into the air when one of the bullets hit the boy.
By the time the boy was rushed to the General Hospital in Ikeja, he was confirmed dead.