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Gunmen suspected to be local militias, on Tuesday, launched an attack on the Gugur community in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State and killed six people.<\/p>\n

Sources in the local government told our correspondent on Wednesday that the gunmen rode on motorcycles to attack the community between 9pm and 10pm.<\/p>\n

Confirming the incident on Wednesday, the lawmaker representing the constituency in the state House of Assembly, Jonathan Agbidye, said that six people were killed in the attack.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cThose people in that particular community were against the hoodlums; luck ran out of them and they got hold of two of them in April and killed them.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo the incident that happened yesterday (Tuesday night) was just a revenge mission. But the place is calm now. We went there with the police this morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also confirming the incident, the local government chairman, Shaku Justine, said that the militias attacked the community between 9pm and 10 pm on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Justine said, \u201cIt\u2019s true that the incident happened yesterday between 9pm and 10pm. Six people were killed in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The chairman said he and the lawmaker representing Katsina-Ala at the state assembly, Agbidye, visited the community for an on-the-spot assessment, adding that normalcy is returning to the village.<\/p>\n

When contacted, the spokesperson for the state police command, Catherine Anene, said she was yet to receive the report.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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