Suspected herdsmen kill 10 in Benue

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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, โ€œTheย  people were sleeping in front ofย  their house when the gunmen arrived.

โ€œThey 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, โ€œOn Mondayย ย  someone wasย  killed by herdsmen before the incident at Tser Uoreleegeb.

โ€œThe same herdsmenย  went to this community on Tuesday night and killed 10ย  people who were sleeping outside.

โ€œTheir 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, โ€œThe 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, โ€œInvestigations into the attack in Guma is ongoing.โ€

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