Herdsmen strike in Benue, kill 16, set 30 houses ablaze
The suspected herdsmen, who were said to have invaded the communities on Saturday, shot indiscriminately and killed 16 people before setting over 30 houses on fire.
Also confirming the attack, the sub-sector Commander of the Operation Whirl Stroke in charge of Gwer West, Flying Officer Mohammed Abubakar, said it was a reprisal for cows that were allegedly rustled on Friday by people he claimed were livestock guards in military uniform.Abubakar said the chairman of Gwer West Local Government Area of the state had given the names of seven members of livestock guards, who he alleged were the perpetrators of the violence to the OPWS.
“We later traced them to Ter Nagi’s Palace and discovered 22 cattle there but he claimed that they belonged to him. “Just this afternoon, our men went on a mop up patrol and discovered four additional dead bodies at the scene of the incident.”
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