Family of 10 killed by cattle rustlers

Armed gunmen suspected to be cattle rustlers have killed 10 members of one family in Kukek Village, Plateau State, central Nigeria.

But according to the state police command, Security forces engaged the gunmen in a battle, killing six of them.

“Cattle rustlers believed to be (ethnic) Fulani attacked Kukek village in the state. They murdered about 10 members of a family. Six of the attackers were mowed down in an exchange of fire with security forces,” the police commissioner in the state, Chris Olakpe said.