Gunmen kill four mourners in Benue – Police

Benue Police Command said gunmen attacked and killed four mourners and injured one in the village of Imande Abur, in the Mbategh neighborhood of the Logo local government area of the State.

This was contained in a press release on Sunday, signed by the police public relations officer, DSP Catherine Anene, and made available to Nigeria’s news agency in Makurdi.

According to the statement, three armed men attacked mourners on Saturday in a wake “and sporadically shot mourners who were gathered in a funeral ceremony.”

As a result, “the area police teams quickly moved to the area, but the suspects fled when they saw the police. Five people were shot and rushed to hospital for treatment, but unfortunately four of them lost their lives while receiving treatment.

The command also sympathized with the families of the victims and assured that justice would be definitively done because the detectives are already on the trail of the suspects.