Two weeks after the violent Zaki Biam protests that claimed three lives and left many properties destroyed, gunmen suspected to be militias have killed 18 persons, kidnapped three others and destroyed properties worth millions of Naira at Mbacher council ward of the Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State.
The incident happened early Saturday and left two people injured while many have been displaced for fear of further attacks.
A local source said, “The militia stormed the village in large numbers and opened fire on people.”
When contacted, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of Kastina-Ala LGA, Justine Shaku, confirmed the attack to newsmen on the phone in Makurdi, saying that soldiers got an intelligence report about the attack on Mbache village but
before the soldiers could get to the area, the bandits wreaked havoc and left the area.
