10 Killed as Armed Bandits Raid Taraba Community

Ten residents were killed when armed men attacked Binnari village in Taraba State on Friday, October 23, at about 3 p.m., shortly after Jumu’ah prayers. The attackers fired indiscriminately and looted food and provisions from local shops. Police officers and community volunteers recovered ten bodies, which were handed to the families and buried according to Islamic rites. Police Commissioner Edwin Ogbeghagha put security formations on alert and deployed joint teams to search for the fleeing attackers.