Suspected herdsmen have butchered a family of four and three other residents of Mbamondu community, Modern Market Council Ward in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State.
It was learnt that the incident occurred at about 1:am on Saturday morning when the assailants invaded the community.
The state Commissioner for Land Survey and Solid Minerals, Mr. Bernard Unenge, who is also a native of the community, confirmed the attack.
He lamented that the attack had occurred before the arrival of security operatives.
According to him, the seven dead bodies recovered on Saturday morning have been deposited in a morgue at the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi.
“We discovered seven dead bodies that we have already deposited at the mortuary. Five persons were also injured and three of them are very critical”, he added.
Meanwhile, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Anene Sewuese Catherine, confirming the killing, sais that security operatives had been deployed to the area to forestall further attack.