Terrorists have killed three persons, including two brothers, in the Daudu area of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.
The victims, identified as siblings Ortwer Tyonum and Aondohemba Tyonum, were attacked on Sunday evening while working on their rice farm.
A third victim, a motorcyclist, was also killed in a separate incident within the same area.
Eyewitnesses said the brothers were threshing rice at about 5pm in preparation for the Christmas season when armed assailants suddenly attacked and hacked them to death with machetes.
Ortwer, the elder of the two, was a graduate of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, while Aondohemba was a 300-level student of the same institution.
Another sibling who accompanied them to the farm reportedly escaped unhurt.
A resident, Jonah Iorundu, told our correspondent by telephone that the motorcyclist was riding alone when he was ambushed and killed by the attackers.
He added that three other passersby were injured during the attacks and are currently receiving treatment.
Efforts to contact the spokesperson of the Benue State Police Command, DSP Udeme Edet, were unsuccessful at the time of filing this report.