Nigeria, April 29 -- The police have confirmed the attack, but said they would provide details later.

At least five people were killed on Sunday when suspected herders invaded Nimbo, a community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria's south-east.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the attackers invaded the community in the evening and shot sporadically, killing a yet-to-ascertained number of people in the community.

An indigene of the community, who identified herself as Oluchi, said she saw the bodies of five people killed by the attackers.

Ms Oluchi said a child of about two years old was among those killed.

"Four others included one old woman and three men," she said in Igbo language.

The indigene said the attacks b...