Gunmen have killed 24 people in two attacks in Nigeria’s central Benue state, its governor said Wednesday, as violence caused by heavily armed criminal gangs intensifies across the region. “Scores of others were injured and are receiving treatment in an unnamed hospital in the state,” he said. Ikyur said the attacks took place late Monday, while police said the assault in Tiortyu occurred at 1.30 am on Tuesday. On Sunday, gunmen killed more than 100 people in several attacks in nearby Plateau state, according to two local community leaders and the commander of a local vigilante force. In Benue, police confirmed the attack in Tiortyu but gave a lower death toll of nine people killed.

Source: The Guardian April 13, 2022 13:11 UTC