Police confirm alleged killing of 27 pastoralists in airstrike in Nasarawa

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The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the alleged killing of 27 pastoralists from an airstrike in Doma Local Government Area of the State.

DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Command’s Public Relations Officer , confirmed the development and casualty figures to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lafia.

He said: “While they were loading some of the cows into vehicles on Tuesday night in Kwatiri village, a border community between Benue and Nasarawa, something like a drone or an aircraft hovered in the air and shelled them.” He said the investigation was ongoing to unravel those behind the act, adding that the command had deployed policemen to the area to prevent the breakdown of law and order.

 

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