A mentally challenged man was beaten and bruised after unknown assailants attacked him at a Market in Abaji Area Council of Abuja on Tuesday night, October 6.

A Facebook user, Abdulkareem Dida, who shared photos of the bloody face of the victim advised residents living in the environment to be more vigilant in other to avoid any unfortunate incident.

He wrote on Facebook: "A mentally retarded person was attacked by unknown hooligans at Abaji new market. Let us all be vigilant of our community security."

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