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Fulani herdsmen have launched yet another attack on a Benue community, killing at least 15 people and burning down houses.
Vanguard reports that the herdsmen on Thursday afternoon stormed Tombo inBuruku local government area of the state and killed people, burnt houses and took over the deserted villages.
A source told the newspaper on phone from the besieged community that:
“as I speak with you the people are shooting sporadically and the villagers are fleeing for fear of being killed.
“The situation in Tombo at the moment is scarery and we are helpless, it’s as if we are in a war situation where the mission of the invaders is to occupy and take over our villages.
“It’s a pathetic situation because corpses are littering the community though one cannot give a specific number of the dead which should not be less than 15 but I know that the casualty figure could be huge because many have been wounded as bullets continue to fly around.
“The people are also burning down houses, farms and food stuff as they move into the villages in what looked like a well coordinated attack.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Assistant Superintendent, ASP, Moses Yamu was said to have confirmed that seven persons had been killed said the incident occurred at about 3pm Thursday.
Yamu disclosed that the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Paul Yakadi had led a team to the crisis zone to ascertain the cause of the renewed clash in order to compel the feuding parties to cease hostilities..
This new attack is coming on the heels of the recent attack in Agatu and Logo local government areas of the state where hundreds of lives have been lost to the incursion of the herdsmen.