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| Nigerian Police Confirm Killing Of 13 Residents In Benue Community By Rampaging Gunmen |
| 2023-06-04 |
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The Nigeria Police Force, Benue State Command, has confirmed that at least 13 people were killed in an attack on Saturday by yet-to-be identified button men on Imande Mbakange community and other neighbouring communities in Mbacher Council Ward, Kastina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State. Residents of the area narrated that the attack was allegedly carried out by local militias who had long terrorised the vicinity. The combined security operatives in the area had in the past few years however curtailed the unwholesome activities of the outlaws accused of armed robbery, kidnapping and random shooting on people of the area during market days as well as burial ceremonies. The Council Chairman of Katsina-Ala LGA, Atera Alfred, told Daily Trust on the telephone that the attack happened simultaneously in the early hours of Saturday. Alfred however confirmed 13 dead bodies had been recovered so far from the bushes as of Saturday evening, adding that many people were maimed and now receiving treatment at different hospitals. His media aide, Tsar Tartor, earlier in a statement, quoted the Kastina-Ala chairman to have vehemently condemned the incident which claimed many lives and left several others injured while several houses were burnt alongside property worth millions of naira. |
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