BREAKING: Residents flee as suspected herdsmen launch contemporary assault on Benue neighborhood, many useless

A number of individuals have been feared killed and many homes set ablaze in Benue State following a contemporary wave of violent assaults allegedly carried out by suspected armed herdsmen within the early hours of Saturday.

DAILY POST gathered that a number of communities in Tombo Mbaya, situated in Buruku Native Authorities Space, in addition to neighboring Mbachoughu and Mbanyagber in Tarka LGA, got here underneath siege within the coordinated assault.

The affected villages Ortese Mbaatsua, Garagboughul, Usen, Tomahar, and Tse Damkor reportedly witnessed scenes of chaos as residents fled in droves, in search of security amid the onslaught.

A supply instructed our reporter that displaced households have taken refuge in close by cities, with many left traumatized and homeless.

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