Nigeria, June 15 -- Barely two weeks after the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Olufemi Oluyede, moved to Benue State to stem violence in the state, terrorists on Friday attacked the refugee town of Yelwata in the Guma LGA, killing more than 100 people.

Residents described the carnage as the most deadly invasion by armed men since 2009, when they started experiencing terror attacks.

The assailants, believed to be Fulani militia, arrived in the town's market square around 10 p.m. on 13 June, two residents told PREMIUM TIMES Saturday evening.

"While some of them were shooting sporadically, others macheted people," Achin Mathias, a survivor of the attack said. "Most of the victims are displaced persons from other villages who were taking refug...