Seven Brutally Killed In Taraba With Many Others Wounded

At least seven people were brutally killed in
Taraba state and several other wounded during
the attack of unidentified militants in the
Kortse village in Gassol local government area.
The attackers suspected to be Fulani
herdsmen. File photo
According to the reports from Taraba state, at
least seven people were brutally killed and
many others wounded, when some unidentified
militants suspected to be herdsmen attacked
the village of Kortse in Gassol local
government area.
Village inhabitants told that the victims were
attacked from ambush 5 kilometres away from
Dan-Anacha town on their way to a rice farm
near a fish pond.

Dan-Anacha is the commercial hub of the
Gassol local government.
Esther Kumashenge, one of the victims who
survived the attack, said that her two sons,
Ushahemba Kumashenge and Sughter
Kumashenge, were slaughtered in front of her.
“ On sighting them, we started running but
their targets were the men among us and they
faced them squarely, shooting and cutting
them with cutlasses,” she told, adding
that “they would have killed all of us if they
want because we were armless.”
Esther Kumashenge also told that she
recognised the attackers, alleging they were
from the house of one Alhaji Nyako
She added that before attacking them from the
bush some people spied on the would-be
victims.
Joseph Kwaji, Taraba state police public
relations officer, confirmed the incident to the
press, telling that armed men attacked six
families while they were fishing in the pond
near Kortse village. He confirmed deaths of
two people whose bodies were recovered near
the pond, but stated that the search for the
attackers in the area was unsuccessful.
Several survivors wounded in the attack
received treatment at hospitals in Mutum-Biyu
and Dan-Anacha.
This is the latest from the series of the bloody
outrageous incidents in Taraba state.