BREAKING: Again, herdsmen attack Benue community kill 17, injure many |READ FULL
Afnews Editor
Apr 25, 2021
No fewer than 17 persons have been confirmed dead and many others injured after militia herdsmen attacked Benue communities.
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It was gathered that the heavily armed men attacked Tse-Ayeli village, Tse-Gborigyo and Udam in Mbayer-Yandev in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State on Saturday and left ten people dead.
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The armed men stormed the communities shooting sporadically which led to the death of 17 persons.
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At the time of filing this report, findings reveal that four dead bodies had been recovered from Tse-Gborgyo, one from Tse-Ayeli and three from Udam, totalling eight, both in the Mbayer community.
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Also, many people sustained various degrees of injuries from the attack while scores are missing.
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This comes barely two weeks after the bodies of 11 soldiers killed in the Bonta community of Konshisha Local Government Area of the State by unknown gunmen were found.
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