No fewer than five people have been said to have been killed on Sunday night and many wounded as suspected herdsmen invaded Nimbo community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, Southeast Nigeria.
It was gathered that the attackers invaded the community on the evening of Sunday, April 28, 2024, and shot sporadically, killing a yet-to-ascertain number of people in the community.
An indigene of the community, who identified herself as Oluchi, said she saw the bodies of five people killed by the attackers.
Ms Oluchi said a child of about two years old was among those killed.
“Four others included one old woman and three men,” she said in Igbo language.
The indigene said the attacks by the suspected herders across communities in the council area have been frequent in recent times.
She regretted that security agencies were often deployed in the area only when there was an attack.
Another indigene, who asked not to be named for fear of being attacked, said the suspected herders invaded the community and opened fire on some residents who were mourning a deceased person in Ugwuijoro, a village in the Nimbo Community.
The indigene said several others sustained gunshot injuries during the attack.
He identified some of those killed in the attack as Simon Ugwu, Chukwuebuka Oruku, Julius Ogbonna Odiegwu and Gabriel Ezea.
The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Enugu State Command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe is yet to respond to an inquiry sent on the latest attack.
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