Armed attack kills ten in Nigeria’s Taraba State
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Post
Gunmen killed ten people in an attack on the community of Binnari in Nigeria’s Taraba State, according to local police. The assault took place at dawn on Friday in Amar district, and residents reported houses being set on fire and families displaced, according to police spokesperson Victor Mshelizah and local sources.
Ten people were killed by unidentified gunmen in the community of Binnari, in Karim-Lamido, in Nigeria’s Taraba State, the state police spokesperson, Victor Mshelizah, confirmed on Friday 23 October, according to Daily Post. The attack took place in the early hours of the day in Amar Ward, in Karim II Constituency.
Residents said the attackers, suspected of having come from neighbouring Plateau State, set fire to houses and destroyed food stocks. Several residents fled to neighbouring communities and some people were reported missing, while police said officers had been deployed to the area.
