Suspected killer-herdsmen go on rampage, kill 10 in Benue

Suspected killer-herdsmen have invaded Mchia village in Mbagber council ward, and Mou village in Ukemberagya/Tswarev council ward, all in Logo local government areas of Benue State, killing at least 10 people.

According to PUNCH, attack happened in the late hours of Wednesday

Suspected killer-herdsmen had also last month attacked several villages in Guma LGA and killed about 20 people.

“They were separate attacks on Mchia and Mou villages but carried out simultaneously leading to the death of 15 people.

“The attackers stormed the villages between 11pm and midnight of Wednesday, twelve people were killed at Mchia community and three people at Mou village with about 13 people injured,” a local, who did not want to be mentioned, told our correspondent on the phone.

Confirming the attack, the Commissioner of Police, Wale Abass, said that 10 people were killed and eight injured.