At
least, 37 persons have been feared killed while several others have been
injured and some still missing after suspected herdsmen attacked three council
wards in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.
The affected
villages were Tse Umenger in Mbadwem Council Ward, Mbakpaase in Saghev council
Ward as well as Tse-Ali in Mbawaar council Ward all of Guma local government
area of Benue State.
Daily Sun
gathered from a source who hails from Umenger that the heavily-armed bandits
suspected to be herdsmen numbering over 50, stormed the Umenger village, on
Tuesday evening, and set the entire village on fire killing about 15 people in
the process.
Our source
said a few hours after the attack on Umenger, at about 11:30 pm, another group
of armed men numbering over 20 invaded and sacked villages at
Tomanyiin-Mbakpaase in Saghev Council Ward killing three persons.
And in the
early hours of Wednesday, the attackers were said to have stormed Tse-Ali in Mbawaar
Council Ward killing 19 people while also razing down many houses and food
barns in the area.
Recall that
only last week Friday, gunmen allegedly in military camouflage, were said to
have raided five villages in Saghev council Ward and killed 16 persons.
These
attacks on Guma villages were coming a few hours after suspected herdsmen
attacked Ayaar Mbalom in Gwer East local government killing 19 persons,
including two Catholic priests.
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