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Again Armed Herdsmen Attack Benue Community Kill 20 Persons, Injure Several others

By Isaac Kertyo, Makurdi

Suspected Militia Herders have again launched an attack on the Abagena Community in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State , killing twenty persons with several others sustaining various degrees of injuries.

Day Break’s findings indicated that the gunmen stormed the community at about 11pm where they moved from one house to another, killing and destroying properties worth millions of naira.

It was gathered that the incident which took place near the Abagena Internally Displaced Persons’ Camp, made residents of the aforementioned Community to fled their houses for fear of being lynched by the attackers.

The attack came on the heels of attack on the Abagena IDPs camp barely three weeks ago in which seven persons were reportedly murdered.

The Police Spokesperson, Benue State Police Command, DSP Sewuese Anene confirmed the incident. She however could not ascertain the exact number of those killed.

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