
Suspected herdsmenย ย on Tuesday killed 10 people inย Tser Uoreleegeb in Ubabai council ward of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.
According toย some peopleย inย the community, the gunmen shot indiscriminately after invading the village.
A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, โTheย people were sleeping in front ofย their house when the gunmen arrived.
โThey shot at themย and immediately ran away. So,ย no one can say who killed them.โ
Butย the Chairman ofย Guma LGA, Richard Shaor,ย who confirmedย the incident, believed the attack was carried out by herdsmen.
He said, โOn Mondayย ย someone wasย killed by herdsmen before the incident at Tser Uoreleegeb.
โThe same herdsmenย went to this community on Tuesday night and killed 10ย people who were sleeping outside.
โTheir remains have been buriedย because the villagers insistedย that the corpsesย should be brought to the village for burial.โ
Spokesperson for the policeย in the state,ย Catherine Anene,ย said, โThe Divisional Police Officer in Gumaย hasย confirmed the incident. He said he saw five corpses atย the burial ground.โ
The Commander of Operation Whirl Stroke, Maj Genย Adeyemi Yekini,ย said, โInvestigations into the attack in Guma is ongoing.โ
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