{"id":15769,"date":"2019-09-22T14:51:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T14:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=15769"},"modified":"2019-09-22T14:51:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T14:51:44","slug":"suspected-herdsmen-kill-2-residents-shoot-soldier-in-adamawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/suspected-herdsmen-kill-2-residents-shoot-soldier-in-adamawa","title":{"rendered":"Suspected herdsmen kill 2 residents, shoot soldier in Adamawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gunmen suspected to be herders have killed two people in an early morning attack on Shaforo and Kudumti communities in Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State.<\/p>\n<p>About six people were also said to have been wounded, including one of the military personnel who took on the herders in a gun battle.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said the attackers were herders, but the spokesman of the state Police Command, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, said they were cattle rustlers.<\/p>\n<p>Nguroje said, \u201cOne of the attackers was killed in the crossfire with security operatives and his corpse has been deposited at the Numan mortuary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CP has dispatched additional operatives to join other security agencies to comb the bushes in the area and arrest the fleeing cattle rustlers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Numan has long been troubled by herdsmen and armed persons, often with many lives lost and properties destroyed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-20\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gunmen suspected to be herders have killed two people in an early morning attack on Shaforo and Kudumti communities in Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State. 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