Suspected Fulani herdsmen at the weekend killed a man simply identified as Suswam Suswam and injured several others.

The Fulanis were said to have opened gun fire on mourners during which the victim was killed and others sustained gunshot wounds.

The bloody attack took place in Imande Bebeshi, Moon district in Kwande Local Government Area in Benue State .

A community leader, who gave his name as Hon Abo Uta, told newsmen that the heavily armed gunmen, numbering about 50, stormed the village when mourners gathered to bury a dead relation.