Suspected Herdsmen Kill 8  In Benue

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Suspected herdsmen kill 2 soldiers, injure Unit Commander, raze houses in  Benue, Nasarawa - Vanguard News Persons suspected to be herdsmen militia have killed  family of five, three others and injured another five persons at Mbamondo community, Modern market council ward of Makurdi Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue state.
The family of four comprise of a 70-year old man, his son and three of his grand children.
Of the five injured, three of them were critically wounded and are presently receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) Makurdi, the state capital.
The suspected  herdsmen had attacked the community at about 1am on Saturday and shot  their victims to death.
Bernard Unenge, the State’s Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Solid Minerals, described  the attack as unprovoked.
He said:“The entire thing started at about 1am today (Saturday) when I got a call from my village, Mbamondu community in Makurdi, modern market council ward, Makurdi, LGA, that my people were being attacked by Fulani herdsmen militia.We had to call on the security operatives that were stationed around Adaka community, but before they got there the people (herders) had killed my people.
“We discovered seven dead bodies that we have already deposited at the Federal Medical Center, Makurdi mortuary. Five persons were also injured and three of them are very critical.
“It is heart-rending and tragic because my people did not incite or provoke the attack. They came into my village, started shooting sporadically and when people were running out of their houses to flee for safety they shot and butchered them like animals.In one family they killed four people, a father of about 70 years, his son and his three grand children”, .
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