10 dead, many missing as herdsmen sack 3 Benue communities

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By Peter Duru
MAKURDI—At least 10 persons were feared dead in an early morning attack by suspected herdsmen on Mbakyondo, Mbakpa and Sengaev communities in the Agagbe area of Gwer West local government area of Benue State.

Vanguard gathered from a reliable source in the area that the attackers stormed the three communities around 2 am yesterday, shooting sporadically and burning down houses and huts in the communities.

The source said: “They came in their numbers wielding sophisticated weapons, shooting anything on sight and razing the houses of the people.

“As we speak not less than 10 persons may have been killed, most of them were gunned down while fleeing while some were burnt alive in their houses.

“Scores have been injured while many are also unaccounted for though there is total confusion and palpable tension in the entire Gwer West Local Government Area at the…



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