Suspected herdsmen have killed a middle-aged man, Dachung Luka Dung, in the Rawuru community of Barakin Ladi’s local government area of Plateau State
According to Nigerian Tribune, the incident occurred on Saturday at about 8:00 p.m. when the man was returning from a visit to a neighbouring community.
It was gathered that the four gunmen willed the young man and inflicted several machete cuts on him before they finally shot him dead.
Dachung’s remains were later discovered by some passersby who saw him in a pool of his blood and raised an alarm, which attracted other people within the vicinity to the scene of the incident.
The incident reportedly caused pandemonium and tension in the community as residents hurriedly went indoors for fear of attack by the herdsmen, whom they suspected were still lurking within the area.
Nigerian Tribune reported that a resident of the community who identified himself as Musa Solomon said the young man, who had a wife and three children, was in his thirties before the unfortunate incident.
According to him, the deceased was returning from a visit to the neighboring community when the gunmen descended heavily on him and killed him before they bolted away.
The State Police spokesman, DSP Alfred Alabo, could not be reached on the phone to comment on the incident as at the time of filling this report.