The police said the attackers invaded the camp on Tuesday, killing four male victims, setting residential huts ablaze and slaughtering several cattle before fleeing the scene.
The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the killing of four herders and the destruction of a cattle camp after suspected gunmen attacked a settlement in Ifite Awka Community, Awka South Local Government Area of the state.
The police said the attackers invaded the camp on Tuesday, killing four male victims, setting residential huts ablaze and slaughtering several cattle before fleeing the scene.
Confirming the incident in a statement, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said a police-led Joint Security Team responded to the attack following a distress call.
According to him, the operatives discovered the bodies of four victims who had been brutally murdered.
